Bottle-fed babies ingest 'millions' of microplastics: studyVery little is known about the knock-on health consequences of microplastic consumption, and the study authors warned against undue alarm. PARIS: Bottle-fed babies may ingest more than a million pieces of microplastics each day, new research showed Monday highlighting the abundance of plastics in our food products. Over a 21-day test period, the team found that the bottles released between 1.3 and 16.2 million plastic microparticles per litre. They estimated that the average bottle-fed baby could be ingesting 1.6 million plastic microparticles every day during the first 12 months of their lives. The authors told AFP that the aim of the research was "not to worry parents" about the potential health risks of bottle microplastics.

Source: Bangkok Post October 20, 2020 00:00 UTC