Researchers said this week that, for the first time, they have found microscopic plastic particles in the human bloodstream.
We inhale just about enough plastic each week to make a whole credit card.that found we breathe in “about 2,000 tiny pieces of plastic each week,” which it says is “an amount equal to the weight of one credit card.”And the other shoe is apparently starting to drop, because a study this week suggests that plastic is making its way into our bloodstream., researchers said this week that, for the first time, they have found microscopic plastic particles in the human bloodstream.
Now that we know that plastic is making its way into our bloodstream, scientists still have to figure out exactly what that means.
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