“Across the outcomes, we identified that exposure to microplastics is ‘suspected’ to be a digestive hazard to humans,
Including a suspected link to colon cancer, using the key characteristics of carcinogens approach,” the research said.
Additionally, the research discovered that microplastics may affect a woman’s ovaries and placenta, harm a man’s sperm count, and affect fertility.
In addition to causing inflammation in the airways, these microplastic particles may raise a person’s risk of lung cancer.
“Microplastics are ubiquitous and mobile in the environment, found in sediment, food, surface water, air, and coastal beaches,” the researchers said.
“They have been found in far-off, pristine places like the Arctic sea ice, deep ocean depths, and the Antarctic. “Due to their small size,
