Every day we ingest tiny, often microscopic pieces of plastic -- "microplastics" -- with our food, beverages and with the very air we breathe. In fact, Americans eat, drink and breathe between 74,000 and 121,000 microplastic particles each year, depending on their age and sex, according to a recent study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.
Nsuku zonke sifaka izingcezu zepulasitiki ezincane, ezivame ukuba zincane kakhulu - i- "microplastics" - ngokudla kwethu, iziphuzo nangomoya esiwuphefumulayo. Eqinisweni, abantu baseMelika bayadla, baphuze futhi baphefumule izinhlayiya eziphakathi kuka-74,000 no-121,000 ngonyaka, kuya ngeminyaka yabo nobulili babo, ngokusho kocwaningo lwakamuva olushicilelwe ephephabhukwini i-Environmental Science & Technology.