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I'm totally fine with this. Maybe the FDA is toothless, I don't know, but EFSA do not kid around.
Note that they seem to only appear in processed food. That's kind of OK of you cook yourself apparently.
Note that they seem to only appear in processed food. That's kind of OK of you cook yourself apparently.
Unless you eat anything pork. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPbF45-ZB5M
https://www.motherjones.com/food/2013/12/cow-feed-chicken-po...
Note that they seem to only appear in processed food. That's kind of OK of you cook yourself apparently.
> Plastic particles can also contaminate food crops directly. A 2020 study found microplastics and nanoplastics in fruit and vegetables sold by supermarkets and in produce sold by local sellers in Catania in Sicily, Italy. Apples were the most contaminated fruit, and carrots had the highest levels of microplastics among the sampled vegetables.
> According to research by Willie Peijnenburg, professor of environmental toxicology and biodiversity at Leiden University in the Netherlands, crops absorb nanoplastic particles – minuscule fragments measuring between 1-100nm in size, or about 1,000 to 100 times smaller than a human blood cell – from surrounding water and soil through tiny cracks in their roots.
Note that they seem to only appear in processed food. That's kind of OK of you cook yourself apparently.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230103-how-plastic-is-g... > Plastic particles can also contaminate food crops directly. A 2020 study found microplastics and nanoplastics in fruit and vegetables sold by supermarkets and in produce sold by local sellers in Catania in Sicily, Italy. Apples were the most contaminated fruit, and carrots had the highest levels of microplastics among the sampled vegetables. > Accordin…