{"id":2314,"date":"2019-06-21T08:50:14","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T08:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=2314"},"modified":"2019-06-21T08:50:15","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T08:50:15","slug":"study-says-every-individual-ingest-5g-of-microscopic-plastic-particles-every-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/study-says-every-individual-ingest-5g-of-microscopic-plastic-particles-every-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Study says every individual ingest 5g of microscopic plastic particles every week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nResearchers said that the people could be<strong>&nbsp;ingesting 5g of microscopic\nplastic<\/strong>particles every week. &nbsp;Microplastics are tiny\nplasstics pieces ranging from<strong>&nbsp;5\nmillimetres down to 100 nanometres in diameter.&nbsp;<\/strong><br><br><strong>Microplastics\nin food:<\/strong><br>\nMicroplastics enter our body through&nbsp;<strong>marine source, non-marine source&nbsp;<\/strong>and<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>sometimes<strong>&nbsp;indoor dust.<\/strong><br>\nThe consumption happens mostly from<strong>&nbsp;tap and bottled water<\/strong>,\nnearly invisible bits of polymer were also found in&nbsp;<strong>canned fish, shellfish, beer and salt.<\/strong><br><br><strong>Analysis:<\/strong><br>\nThe result was drawn from studying 52 peer-reviewed\nstudies. These are the first to estimate the sheer weight of plastics consumed\nby individual humans. The result showed that about&nbsp;<strong>250 g over the course of a year&nbsp;<\/strong>is\nconsumed by individual human.<br>\nGrand View Research reported that in the last two\ndecades, the world has produced as much plastic as during the rest of history,\nand the industry is set to grow by 4% a year until 2025.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers said that the people could be&nbsp;ingesting 5g of microscopic plasticparticles every week. &nbsp;Microplastics are tiny plasstics pieces ranging from&nbsp;5 millimetres down to 100 nanometres in diameter.&nbsp; Microplastics in food: Microplastics enter our body through&nbsp;marine source, non-marine source&nbsp;and&nbsp;sometimes&nbsp;indoor dust. 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