Plastic is in blood, breast milk and vital organs – Congress wants to get it out – By Ray Bogan (Straight Arrows News) / March 1, 2024
A January study caught the public’s attention when researchers found that the average one liter bottle of water contains 240,000 tiny pieces of plastic. However, that information barely scratches the surface of the plastic problem that goes to the cellular level, and Congress wants to do something about it.
A recent hearing in the Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee explored how plastic is literally everywhere.
“Microplastics have been found in our livers, our lungs and the breast milk we feed our babies.”
Sen. Jeff Merkley
“On top of mountains, at the bottom of the sea, in the food we eat, in the air we breathe, in drops of rain, and even drops of our own blood,” Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said. “Microplastics have been found in our livers, our lungs and the breast milk we feed our babies.”
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