Breathing Plastic
New research shows that we may be breathing in 16 bits of microplastic pollution every hour, equivalent to the plastic in a credit card being inhaled within a week. Medical experts warn that such tiny particles pose a significant health risk to humans and wildlife as they contain chemicals and toxic pollutants.
“For the first time, in 2022, studies found microplastics deep in human airways, which raises the concern of serious respiratory health hazards,” said lead researcher Mohammad S. Islam of the University of New South Wales. Microplastics seem to collect mostly in the nasal cavity and back of the throat, doctors say.
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