'We know at this point that our skin is constantly shedding,' she said. 'And this is what these plastic items are doing - they're just constantly shedding.'
'Normal humans looking at a sample of water - if there's visible plastic in it, they'll be turned off,' Mason said. 'But they don't realize that it's actually the invisible plastics present that are the biggest concern.'
'There is a real significant potential human health impact that is associated with re-using plastics, whether you're talking about beverages or food,' Mason told the Washington Post.
Although no cases of particle consumption have been definitively linked to cancer, the accumulation of these nanoparticles in human tissues has been found to increase chemical toxicity that can lead to serious health problems including cancer and developmental defects in children.
Collection
[
|
...
]