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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat Mar 15, 2025, 08:01 PM Mar 15

The Top 10 Foods That Have Microplastics and How to Avoid Them [View all]

A recent study found a plastic spoon's worth of tiny plastic shards in human brain tissue. Some researchers have estimated that people consume between 39,000 and 52,000 microplastic particles each year. If we add how much we take in when breathing, that number goes up to 74,000 to 121,000.

Microplastics aren't something we can outrun. They're in our water, our clothes and our kitchens. Experts have also found them in the foods we eat. OK, that sounds bad, but how bad is it?

"There is no officially established 'safe' or 'unsafe' level of microplastic intake. It makes sense to want your exposure to be as low as possible," Dr. Joseph Mercola, a board-certified family medicine osteopathic physician, said in an email.

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Top 10 foods in your diet that contain microplastics

Seafood

One of the most significant ways plastic particles end up in our food is through single-use plastics that break down and find their way into waterways and soil. When they reach the oceans, they end up in our seafood.

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https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/one-side-microplastics-please-common-160005147.html

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