"Are You Eating Plastic? How Microplastics from Packaging Affect Your Health"
Microplastics —tiny plastic particles less than 5mm in size—are emerging as a rising and pervasive threat to our health, silently infiltrating our daily lives, especially through our food. Recent studies reveal that microplastics have contaminated much of our diet, including milk, largely due to the extensive use of plastic packaging in the dairy industry. Milk products have shown significant levels of microplastics, with adults aged 15 and over exposed to an average of 210 particles per liter per day. Children face even greater risks, with exposure levels through milk consumption estimated to be 3.43 times higher than adults. The situation is so dire that microplastics have even been detected in various dairy products[Table1] and also in breastmilk, underscoring the far-reaching impact of this environmental hazard. ...