Microplastics are everywhere – they’re in the air, in the water and in our bodies.
There’s plenty of evidence for that, but it’s still unclear what effects these microplastics are having on our health.
Norman and Tegan unpack what we do and don’t know about these tiny specs of plastic, and what you might be able to do about them.
References:
- Ingested microplastics: Do humans eat one credit card per week?
- A review of the endocrine disrupting effects of micro and nano plastic and their associated chemicals in mammals
- Association of mixed exposure to microplastics with sperm dysfunction: a multi-site study in China
- First evidence of microplastics in human ovarian follicular fluid: An emerging threat to female fertility
- Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Atheromas and Cardiovascular Events | New England Journal of Medicine
- Bioaccumulation of microplastics in decedent human brains | Nature Medicine
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