Land-based protein sources like chicken, beef, pork and tofu contain as many microplastics as fishes, study finds
Microplastics have been found in nearly 90 per cent of sources of proteins, including meat and plant-based, according to a new study that serves as a startling reminder of how prolific plastic pollution has become.
While the presence of microplastics in commercial fish and shellfish has been known for long, there has been little research into terrestrial protein sources like beef and chicken that make up a large part of the Western diet.
A team of researchers studied samples from 16 different protein types destined for American consumers, including seafood, pork, beef, chicken, tofu, and three different plant-based meat alternatives. They found microplastic particles in 88 per cent of protein food samples tested.
There is microplastics in everything. It’s in our clothes, our food, the air we breathe. Not a thing you can do to get away from it.
Well that’s a defeatist attitude
You can stop breathing
You’re right I should be like you and just wish
There is a range of options available to us between “stop breathing” and “just wish”.
Granted, none of them are easy options, but still, they are options.