Microplastics now in air, oceans, human body

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 04, 2022 12:11 am

FROM ocean depths to mountain peaks, humans have littered the planet with tiny shards of plastic. We have even absorbed these microplastics into our bodies — with uncertain implications.

Images of plastic pollution have become familiar: a turtle suffocated by a shopping bag, water bottles washed up on beaches, or the monstrous 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch' of floating detritus.

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