Microplastics in Foods and Beverages

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10 foods high in microplastics... and 'the easy swaps' to avoid them

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Business owner and anti-plastic educator ' Beatrice the Anti-Plastic Lady' revealed 10 widely-consumed foods and beverages that are high in microplastics.

Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastic less than five millimeters long, or smaller than a pencil eraser, which have been linked to cancer, DNA damage, cellular damage and other health issues.

A single nylon mesh tea bag in 200 F water releases roughly 11.6 billion microplastics and 3.1 billion nanoplastics.

Nanoplastics are 150 times smaller than a hair, and research suggests they are small enough to get inside human cells.

Nylon tea bags release tons of microplastic into your hot cup of tea, Beatrice said.

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