{"id":200394,"date":"2024-11-29T03:27:14","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T09:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/an-expert-explains-the-real-dangers-of-microplastics-to-human-health"},"modified":"2024-11-29T03:27:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T09:27:14","slug":"an-expert-explains-the-real-dangers-of-microplastics-to-human-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/an-expert-explains-the-real-dangers-of-microplastics-to-human-health","title":{"rendered":"An Expert Explains The Real Dangers of Microplastics to Human Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/an-expert-explains-the-real-dangers-of-microplastics-to-human-health2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no secret: when we savour a delicious piece of fish or a platter of seafood, we\u2019re not just consuming valuable omega-3s and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/what-are-vitamins-and-do-we-really-need-to-take-them\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_self\">vitamin<\/a> D. Alongside these benefits come less appetising elements \u2013 countless <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/que-sont-les-microplastiques-et-pourquoi-sont-ils-un-enorme-probleme-dans-les-oceans-144634\">micro\u2013<\/a> and nano-plastics.<\/p>\n<p>These plastic particles, measuring less than 5 millimetres, enter our oceans through human waste and <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/quand-les-jeunes-poissons-mangent-du-plastique-au-lieu-du-plancton-130586\">penetrate the food chain<\/a>. According to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifremer.fr\/fr\/ressources\/pourquoi-le-nombre-de-microplastiques-la-surface-des-oceans-t-il-ete-multiplie-par-5\">Ifremer study<\/a>, around 24,400 billion microplastics are floating on the ocean\u2019s surface.<\/p>\n<p>These particles are found in all marine organisms \u2013 from microalgae to fish, which occupy higher levels of the food chain. This phenomenon not only threatens marine ecosystems but also raises concerns about potential risks to human health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s no secret: when we savour a delicious piece of fish or a platter of seafood, we\u2019re not just consuming valuable omega-3s and vitamin D. Alongside these benefits come less appetising elements \u2013 countless micro\u2013 and nano-plastics. These plastic particles, measuring less than 5 millimetres, enter our oceans through human waste and penetrate the food [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1495,4,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-nanotechnology","category-particle-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200394\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}