Well Being: Microplastics

We still really don't understand the long-term impact of microplastics on either our health, the health of other species, or the general environment.

"There are several studies that have described the damage caused by plastic particles, including oxidative stress, apoptosis, inflammatory response, dysregulation of the endocrine system and accumulation in various organs. In addition to this, microplastics have recently been found to influence the evolution of microbial communities and increase the gene exchange, including antibiotic and metal resistance genes."

Microplastics are plastic particles between 0.1 and 5,000 µm in size that can contaminate food.

In the face of all of this evidence, it is easy to decide that microplastics and nanoplastics are just a fact of modern life and to give up, concluding that microplastics are everywhere and you are powerless to do anything about it.

If you do have microplastics in your water source, there are many filters on the market that claim to filter out microplastics.

Soft drinks in plastic bottles also contain microplastics.

Fish: Because fresh and marine waters are so polluted with microplastics, our fish are literally breathing and eating microplastics every minute of their lives.

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