You can’t see nanoplastics with the naked eye, but they’re everywhere — including your body.
You can’t see nanoplastics with the naked eye, but they’re everywhere — including your body.
Tinier than the better-known microplastics, these plastic particles range from one nanometer to one micrometer in size; a human hair, by comparison, is about 100 micrometers thick.
“Nanoplastics are present in drinking water, food and the air, and have been detected in both tap water and bottled water,” explained Binghamton University Assistant Professor of Chemistry Huiyuan Guo. “They are widely detected in the environment.”
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