– What are micro plastics and how are they entering food / water?

Question

– What are micro plastics and how are they entering food / water?

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Answer 1

Plastics are generally polymers. This means that they are big chains/lattices of millions of little copies of the same little chemical structure.

While the bonds linking these structures together break down when out in the environment, the actual individual components often do not. This leads to plastics released into the environment fragmenting into little microscopic bits that get everywhere.