Microplastics Linked to Health Risks

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microplastic exposure

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What we just found out about the possible tie between microplastics and cancer

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Microplastics are now virtually everywhere in the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat.

Researchers at the University of California at San Francisco evaluated dozens of studies in mice and humans to learn how microplastics may be harming digestive, respiratory and reproductive health.

They found that these shards are suspected of links to colon cancer and lung cancer.

A growing number of scientists have been pushing for action from policymakers, urging governments to treat plastics as potentially harmful. But progress has stalled; last month , negotiations for a global plastics treaty that might have curbed production collapsed in Busan , South Korea . “The government waits,” Woodruff said. “And while we’re waiting, exposures are not only continuing but are projected to increase.”.

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