Eating and breathing in plastic


Plastic pollution: Microplastics from our plastic waste have been a problem in our environment, and now they are being detected in the blood and lungs of living people for the first time. – AFP

IT’S a disturbing fact to digest – plastic has found its way into our bodies.

Microplastics are plastic pieces smaller than 5mm in length, found in the environment due to plastic pollution.

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