Average Americans Eat 50,000 Tiny Pieces Of Plastic Every Year

Microplastic and ingestion by human

Ingestion of microplastic: Bottled vs Tap Water

Plastic materials end up in the ocean

Health hazard due to microplastic is not much explored in human but lower animals are very much affected due to microplastics

Journals:

1: Sussarellu R, Suquet M, Thomas Y, Lambert C, Fabioux C, Pernet ME, Le Goïc N, Quillien V, Mingant C, Epelboin Y, Corporeau C, Guyomarch J, Robbens J, Paul-Pont I, Soudant P, Huvet A. Oyster reproduction is affected by exposure to polystyrene microplastics. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Mar 1;113(9):2430-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1519019113.

2: Cox KD, Covernton GA, Davies HL, Dower JF, Juanes F, Dudas SE. Human Consumption of Microplastics. Environ. Sci. Technol. doi:10.1021/acs.est. 9b01517

3: Rochman CM, Hoh E, Kurobe T, Teh SJ. Ingested plastic transfers hazardous chemicals to fish and induces hepatic stress. Sci Rep. 2013 Nov 21;3:3263. doi: 10.1038/srep03263.