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For example, regulatory bodies could require washing machines to include filters that catch microplastics coming from clothing. Or even better, clothing manufacturers could use less plastic, she says.
Microplastics have been found in the human body in recent studies. Scientists are trying to understand their potential negative effects on our health. An expert in environmental pollution shared ...
Humans are exposed to toxic chemicals and microplastics at all stages in the plastics life cycle. Microplastics effects on human health are of growing concern and an area of research. The tiny particles known as microplastics (MPs), have been found in various environmental and biological matrices, including air, water, food, and human tissues.
[12] 35% of all ocean microplastics come from textiles/clothing, primarily due to the erosion of polyester, acrylic, or nylon-based clothing, often during the washing process. [13] Microplastics also accumulate in the air and terrestrial ecosystems. Airborne microplastics have been detected in the atmosphere, as well as indoors and outdoors.
Microplastics are everywhere—from the ocean to our bloodstream—raising urgent questions about their impact on human health. Here are 5 tips to reduce your exposure.
Thompson's paper, Lost at Sea: Where is All the Plastic?, [4] published in the journal Science in 2004, was the first to use the term microplastics, which has since become common parlance. [5] [6] [7] Since 2010 he has been professor of Marine Biology at the University of Plymouth. [8]
Microplastics have been found in the ocean and the air, in our food and water. Dr. Marya Zlatnik, a San Francisco-based obstetrician who has studied environmental toxins and pregnancy, has seen ...
However, as plastic is broken down into smaller pieces and eventually microplastics, there is a higher likelihood that it will be consumed by plankton and enter into the food chain. [58] As plankton are eaten by larger organisms, the plastic may eventually cause there to be bioaccumulation in fish and other marine species eaten by humans. [58]