– 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

Some micro plastics are fibres fragments from fabrics made of synthetic fabrics (fleecey ones are the worst), the fibres are washed into the drains from washing machines where they end up in sewers, rivers and reservoirs or flushed into the oceans.

Others come from garbage as it degrades and fragments in the rivers and seas, the process being accelerated by sunlight and sea water.

Some are from waste from the plastic manufacturers, carelessly discharged.