Avoid Microplastics- what can you do yourself?
Microplastics: Harmful to our health?
We call them“stealth Microplastics”, and they include:.
Microplastics found in 93% of bottled water tested.
Federal Environmental Agency(2015): Microplastics in the sea- how much?
We are guinea pigs in a worldwide experiment on Microplastics.
READ We are guinea pigs in a worldwide experiment on Microplastics.
Ten‘stealth Microplastics' to avoid if you want to save the oceans.
Its origins distinguish two different types of Microplastics:
primary and secondary Microplastics.
The use of Microplastics should also be curbed in the long term.
Read next: We are guinea pigs in a worldwide experiment on Microplastics.
And that fish are eating these Microplastics- and we're eating the fish.
The ways in which Microplastics can enter our body are not yet clear.
The Federal Environment Agency considers Microplastics in cosmetics and detergents to be dispensable.
By buying clothes made of natural materials you can help to avoid Microplastics.
Several previous studies have shown how Microplastics may enter the human food chain.
Microplastics enter drinking water sources mainly through run-off
and wastewater effluent, the WHO said.
The Microplastics or microbeads found in personal care products are always smaller than one milimetre.
Sampling Microplastics is really tricky because the ocean has
so many other things in it,” says.
Looking at the data collected it is deeply
troubling to see how highly pervasive Microplastics have become.
Sampling Microplastics is really tricky because the ocean has
so many other things in it," says Edson.
Whether Microplastics can contribute to the spread of antibiotic resistance
in this way is not yet clear.
Designing one sensor that can go
into any water body and detect Microplastics has been a great challenge.
Microplastics have been found in the deepest sea trenches
and high up Earth's tallest peaks, and plastic consumption is growing year-on-year.
It is also believed that we breathe or consume Microplastics with the air when the particles settle on the food.
Microplastics interest me because they are now turning up everywhere
and we know virtually nothing about how they might impact human health.
Microplastics have been found in the deepest sea trenches
and high up the earth's tallest peaks, and plastic consumption is growing year-on-year.
In the case of mussels, for example,
it could be observed that the Microplastics entered the cells and triggered inflammatory reactions there.2.
On top of climate change,
were exposing ourselves to air pollutants, Microplastics and unprecedented levels of fat, salt and sugar in our food.
The most effective way to reduce human consumption of Microplastics will likely be to reduce the production
and use of plastics," they said.