Pollution crisis .. Americans consume more than 74 thousand pieces of plastic per year
The plastic pollution crisis is increasing between humans and marine life. Some new data show that the average American consumes more than 74,000 micro-particles a year, whose health effects have not yet been known.
According to the Daily Mill website, a new analysis estimated some data on the amount of fine plastics found in food, air, water and the average caloric intake of Americans.
Plastics
Researchers estimate that the average US citizen consumes between 74,000 and 121,000 micro-particles per year, probably less than estimated. Micro-plastics are small pieces of plastic that can result from the degradation of larger plastic products in the environment. Also from the particles of food and water containers during packing.
Humans can inadvertently consume these substances, some small enough to enter human tissue, when eating or inhaling air.
The researchers reviewed 26 previous studies that analyzed the amounts of fine plastic particles in fish, shellfish, added sugars, salts, alcohol, tap, bottled water and air. The team then assessed approximately how many of these foods men, women and children ate from the diet recommended in the 2015-2020 dietary guidelines For Americans.
Plastic parts
They estimated that microscopic plastic consumption ranged from 74,000 to 121,000 particles per year, depending on age and sex.
Only people who drink bottled water can consume 90,000 microfluos per year compared to those who drink only tap water, and because researchers have looked at only 15 percent of the calories Americans consume, these values are likely to be below their true value.
"There has been an awareness of the contamination of microscopic plastics for food and air products for several years," said Stephanie Wright, associate researcher at King's College College London (KCL). The statistics we were not familiar with before.
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