Podcast "Listen, it's easy": what is microplastic and how much of it is around and inside us

The Medical University of Vienna published a study stating that the average person eatsHow much plastic do you eat? It could be as much as a credit card a week / Euronews up to 5 grams of microplastic per week. The same amount, for example, weighs a bank card. And after such a comparison, five weekly grams no longer seems like a trifle. And if you look at the scale of the year, it will come out in general about 250 grams. About the same weightMicroplastics inside us / Greenpeace 230 cocktail tubes or 8 half-liter soda bottles.

But how exactly in our stomach microplastic appears and why is it harmful to the body and nature in general? We talk about this in the new episode of the podcast "Listen, it's easy." Be warned: after listening, you most likely won't be able to resist checking your toothpaste or shampoo for plastic powder.

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