MNT have you covered.Learn more here.It’s worse than many of us might have thought: In a recent study assessing the microplastic content of seafood, the researchers were surprised to find plastic in every sample they tested.
This means that every meal that contains fish or shellfish is likely to include a side helping of plastic.“Considering an average serving, a seafood eater could be exposed to approximately 0.7 milligrams (mg) of plastic when ingesting an average serving of oysters or squid, and up to 30 mg of plastic when eating sardines,” says the lead author of the study.Learn more here.MNT have reported on the microbiome in depth, and this week we covered a new study that reveals how it affects every part of the body.