You’re eating between 50,000 and 75,000 microplastic particles every year, we all are. That’s a lot of plastic. Microplastics are present in fish and shellfish; almost all seafood harvested has plastic in its digestive system. Other microplastics are present in our water and even in the air.
There’s no way of stopping micro plastics unless we stop using disposable plastic containers and plastic-based cloths like lycra and nylon (your washing machine sends millions of fibers down the drain in every cycle.) Here are 8 ways microplastics in food affect your health.
