How microplastics get into our body and affect our health


One common way microplastics get into human bodies is through the consumption of seafood, which itself has ingested those particles from our plastic-polluted seas. — AFP

Microplastics have become a pervasive part of our environment, infiltrating even the most remote and extreme locations on Earth.

From the depths of the Mariana Trench to the summit of Mount Everest, these tiny plastic particles, defined as pieces less than five millimetres across, are found virtually everywhere.

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