How to drink and eat fewer microplastics

A single teabag can give off 11 billion microplastic and three billion nanoplastic particles. (Image: Nicola Topping)

Sun, 09 Mar 2025

By Amudalat Ajasa, with assistance from Shannon OsakaMicroplastics are everywhere. They’re in your liver, blood and even in your brain, and they’re almost impossible to avoid. Fortunately, there are some steps you can take to minimise your exposure.“This really is a public health crisis that people are just generally not aware of,” said Sherri Mason, a freshwater and plastic-pollution researcher at Gannon University in Pennsylvania. People can limit their exposure by acknowledging the plastic in their routines and f...

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