Ingested microplastics: Do humans eat one credit card per week?

• Published in: Journal of hazardous materials letters Vol. 3; p. 100071
• Main Author: Pletz, Martin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.11.2022; Elsevier
• Subjects: Human health; Ingestion; Microplastics; Size distribution; Size distribution; Human health; Microplastics; Ingestion

Ingested Microplastic (MP) particles can harm the human body. Estimations of the total mass of ingested MP particles correspond to 50 plastic bags per year (Bai et al., 2022), one credit card per week (Gruber et al., 2022), or a median value of 4.1 μg/week for adults (Mohamed Nor et al., 2021). The...