The study by Australia’s University of Newcastle said the largest source of plastic ingestion was drinking water, but another major source was shellfish, which tended to be eaten whole so the plastic in their digestive system was consumed too.
Plastic pollution is so widespread in the environment that you may be ingesting five grams a week, the equivalent of eating a credit card, a study commissioned by the environmental charity WWF International said on Wednesday.
“Since 2000, the world has produced as much plastic as all the preceding years combined, a third of which is leaked into nature,” the report said.
The average person could be consuming 1,769 particles of plastic every week from water alone, it said. (BY Reuters)
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