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That’s how much the average person is ingesting plastics every week.

This scientific estimate is based on study from New castle University from 2023.

These figures, which only take into account microplastic particles, are likely underestimated because nano-sized plastic particles are significantly harder to identify, and thereby quantify. Tiny microplastics and even smaller nanoplastics have been found anywhere: blood, liver, lungs, placentas of expectant mothers and breast milk.

Evidence of the possible dangers of plastic waste to humans has been uncertain for a long time but now Italian researchers have discovered that microplastics are actually connected to human health. They reported their findings in the New England Journal of Medicine, one of the top medical publications.

Results were based on data collected from 257 people and the outcome is raising concerns.

Those whose arteries were found to have bits of plastic were more than four times more likely to have a heart attack, stroke or death in the nearly three years following surgery, on average. Markers of inflammation were also at a higher level on average.

This is something where we cannot close our eyes anymore.

The amount of plastic waste produced globally is on track to almost triple by 2060, with around half ending up in landfill and less than a fifth recycled, according to a new OECD report (2022). This is the statistics for the future so if we don’t do anything for this, there will be huge consequences for our health.

We cannot replace all of the plastics but where we could do that, we should move ahead and create more safer future for all of us.

How do you feel about this new study?