MICROPLASTICS & NANOPLASTICS

Plastic Is Now Inside Every Cell in Your Body.

Microplastics — fragments under 5mm — and nanoplastics — fragments under 1 micron small enough to penetrate cell membranes — have been detected in human blood, lung tissue, placenta, breast milk, the gut lining, and most recently brain tissue at concentrations 7-30 times higher than those found in liver and kidney. Polystyrene and PET particles have been shown to trigger oxidative stress, disrupt the endocrine system, impair mitochondrial function, and induce cellular inflammation. With an estimated 5 trillion pieces of plastic now floating in the world's oceans, the contamination of the food chain via seafood, sea salt, drinking water, and atmospheric deposition is now near-total.