Some of the chemicals they contain also disrupt the human endocrine system and the development of young children. This leads to things like stunted male development on boys and lower than normal bone density in girls. These problems persist into adulthood.
There is a slew of evidence to suggest that microplastics and their chemicals accumulate up the food chain in marine environments, which is damaging to the food chain for pretty much every living thing.
They're in everything too. Food, tap water, the air you breathe. I wrote a research paper about this for an English class I was taking at my local community college, and tbh it's pretty scary. We've known about them for something like 35 years and done nothing.
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u/Renkij Sep 30 '23 edited Sep 30 '23
Okay, but how exactly are microplastic bad?
Edit: asked a question, got downvoted, thanks reddit.