How Much Plastic Is Really In Our Bodies? - Cheddar Explains

Plastic has become the face of global pollution. To date, humans have produced 8.3 billion metric tons of it. Once discarded, plastic doesnt biodegrade. Instead, it fragments into microplastics smaller than the size of a sesame seed and further into nanoplastics.

These tiny particles of plastic end up everywhere, deep in the ice of Antarctic glaciers or even inside our bodies.

So how much plastic is inside of us? And what does it mean for our health? Lets find out.

Further Reading:

The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/21/nanoplastic-pollution-found-at-both-of-earths-poles-for-first-time

National Geographic
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/you-eat-thousands-of-bits-of-plastic-every-year

WWF
https://d2ouvy59p0dg6k.cloudfront.net/downloads/plastic_ingestion_web_spreads.pdf

Fast Company
https://www.fastcompany.com/90717482/tiny-nanoplastics-are-floating-in-the-air-and-youre-breathing-them-in

Plastic Oceans International
https://plasticoceans.org/humans-eating-plastic-over-40-pounds-in-a-lifetime/

Politico
https://www.politico.eu/article/the-plastic-in-our-bodies-health/#:~:text=They%20found%20it%20in%20every,of%20so%2Dcalled%20microplastic%20daily

BioMed Central Ltd
https://particleandfibretoxicology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12989-020-00358-y


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