Researchers said that the people could be ingesting 5g of microscopic
plasticparticles every week. Microplastics are tiny
plasstics pieces ranging from 5
millimetres down to 100 nanometres in diameter.
Microplastics
in food:
Microplastics enter our body through marine source, non-marine source and sometimes indoor dust.
The consumption happens mostly from tap and bottled water,
nearly invisible bits of polymer were also found in canned fish, shellfish, beer and salt.
Analysis:
The result was drawn from studying 52 peer-reviewed
studies. These are the first to estimate the sheer weight of plastics consumed
by individual humans. The result showed that about 250 g over the course of a year is
consumed by individual human.
Grand View Research reported that in the last two
decades, the world has produced as much plastic as during the rest of history,
and the industry is set to grow by 4% a year until 2025.
