Study reveals more than 100 tiny plastics in every meal

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Study reveals more than 100 tiny plastics in every meal
April 4, 2018, Heriot-Watt University
 
 

We could be swallowing more than 100 tiny plastic particles with every main meal, a Heriot-Watt study has revealed.

The plastic, which can come from soft furnishings and synthetic fabrics, gets into household dust which falls on plates and is consumed.

The university academics made the discovery after putting Petri dishes containing sticky dust traps on the table next to dinner plates in three homes at meal times.


Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-04-reveals-tiny-plastics-meal.html#jCp

[Sanguine]

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[endicom]

Tiny plastics in the wine,
Make me happy, make me feel fine,
Tiny plastics make me warm all over
With a feeling that I'm gonna Love you 'til the end of time.

[Frank Cannon]

Maybe these slobs should invest in a vacuum cleaner.

[Sanguine]

Another story on that page:

Plastics in oceans are mounting, but evidence on harm is surprisingly weak March 26, 2018

Plastics in the world's oceans are set to treble in the next ten years, according to a new UK government report. They are also contributing to a rubbish heap in the Pacific Ocean that is as big as France. These are the latest ...


Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-04-reveals-tiny-plastics-meal.html

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