Why are microplastics bad for our body?
In: Biology
Very simply: microplastics have no biological function, and the body doesn’t have any real way to get rid of them. So they have a tendency to simply accumulate, in your body, in places they shouldn’t be, which can affect your body in untold ways.
It’s similar to things like asbestos. You breathe it in, it doesn’t leave. It can cause cancer.
Will plastics cause cancer? Quite probably, yes.
But it’s also not just “us” … Plastics don’t decompose, they just break up into smaller and smaller pieces of plastic, and are everywhere. Animals, plants, bacteria… everything is getting poisoned by plastic.
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