Our alarming plastic diet


Bottles of rubbish litter the roadside in Sea Park, Petaling Jaya. Microplastic pollution is an emerging environmental and public health threat worldwide, including in Malaysia, as people unwittingly consume and inhale microplastics. (JUNE 4 2024) — ART CHEN/The Star

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia ranks the highest among 109 countries in consuming microplastics, which are plastic particles smaller than 5mm, a recent study found.

The study, published in the Environmental Science and Technology journal, found that Malaysians eat an average of 502.3mg of microplastics daily per capita.

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