Microplastics and the importance of detoxing
Researchers found that microplastics enter the body via sea salt, fish and drinking water and are linked to obesity, diabetes and liver disease
Microplastics, commonly found in food packaging and paints, have been discovered in the human heart for the first time, according to a recent study.
Last year, a study suggested that people consume about 5 grams of tiny plastic particles per week, about the weight of your bank card.
The plastic particles enter the human food chain from packaging waste, and enter the body via sea salt, seafood and even drinking water, scientists at the Medical University of Vienna found. The changes in the gastrointestinal tract caused by the microplastic have been linked to metabolic diseases such as obesity, diabetes and chronic liver disease.
Researchers collected and analyzed the patients' heart tissue and blood samples from half of the participants. They “detected dozens to thousands of individual microplastic pieces in most tissue samples” and found plastic samples in all blood samples.
Microplastics, which are less than 5 micrometers wide, can enter the human body through the mouth, nose, and other body cavities.
Researchers conclude that, although little research has been done in this area, the results so far are worrying: fragments of plastic are present practically all over the world and can cause many types of negative effects.
The study estimates that one third of all plastic waste ends up in soil or fresh water. Most of this plastic breaks down into particles smaller than five micrometres, known as microplastics, and these further break down into nanoparticles (less than 0.1 micrometres in size). The problem is that these particles enter the food chain.
Wastewater is an important factor in the spread of microplastics. In fact, between 80 percent and 90 percent of the plastic particles in wastewater, such as clothing fibers, remain in the sludge, says the study. Sewage sludge is often applied to fields as fertilizer, which means that several thousand tons of microplastics end up in our soils each year.
Microplastics can even be found in tap water.
This is definitely a good reason to reduce the use of plastic and filter the water.
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