Regulators, scientists and industrial organisations are investigating the potential effect of microplastics on human health but can not yet say if they cause harm.
Concern about pollution inside the human body has been heightened by the discovery of microscopic plastic particles circulating in human blood, but experts say Australian households can do simple things to reduce exposure to these particles.
The concern is that once they enter human tissues, they could potentially trigger immune reactions or releaseVictoria’s chief environmental scientist, professor Mark Patrick Taylor, said researchers did not know how microplastic particles entered the blood stream and whether they could cause disease.
He said the use of plastic was ubiquitous, as were the degradation products of microplastics. In some cases, the polymer chemicals inside microplastics – and the chemicals that attach to them – are also harmful. Dr Charlene Trestrail, who completed her microplastics research in sea animals at RMIT university in Melbourne, was not surprised by the Dutch findings.
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