Scientists studied the feces of people from around the world.
Scientists who studied human feces believe people inadvertently consume thousands of microscopic plastic particles each year. Austrian researchers studied the stool samples of eight people from around the world, and found miniscule pieces of the substance in every one.
Scientists at Austria for Medical University of Vienna and the Environment Agency Austria looked for ten common plastics in the feces. There was an average of 20 microplastic particles per 10 grams of human stool. The average adult human stool weighs approximately 100 grams.Most of the food the participants ate was presented or stored in plastic.
A stock image of a child drinking from a plastic bottle. Researchers have investigated whether we inadvertently consume plastic.Existing studies suggest the average person takes in 13,731 to 68,415 microplastic particles from the air per year; 4,400 to 5,800 from tap water; 123 to 11,000 from shellfish; and 37 to 1,000 from salt.
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