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Bookmark or Share- I’m a Microplastics Researcher. Here’s How To Limit Their DangersSometimes only about the width of a human hair, microplastics are the insidious byproduct of everyday items like packing materials, car tires, synthetic clothes as they degrade and even some scrubbing face washes.
- What are microplastics? - NOAA's National Ocean ServiceMicroplastics are small plastic pieces less than five millimeters long which can be harmful to our ocean and aquatic life.
- Microplastics - WikipediaMicroplastics are fragments of any type of plastic less than 5 mm (0.20 in) in length, [1] according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) [2] [3] and the European Chemicals Agency. [4]
- Are microplastics harmful to our health? Scientists are trying to find ...A review of the data published Wednesday concludes that microplastics are "suspected" to harm human reproductive, digestive and respiratory health, with a possible link to colon and lung cancer.
- Microplastics are inside us all. What does that mean for our health ...Microplastics have been detected in fruits and vegetables, plastic water bottles, the air, cosmetics, and household dust. Now, researchers are finding them in almost every part of the human body, including in breast milk, the placenta, testicles, hearts, livers, and kidneys.
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