According the abstract of a paper published November 5, 2020 in the journal Springer Nature by researchers with the UK University of Hull “… We have undertaken a systematic review (SR) and meta-analysis to identify all relevant research on MP contamination of salt intended for human consumption … MP contamination of salt varied significantly between four origins, sea salt … lake salt … [and[ rock and well salt … The majority of samples were found to be contaminated by MPs. Corresponding potential human exposures are estimated … confirming salt as a carrier of MPs. A bespoke risk of bias (RoB) assessment tool was used to appraise the quality of the studies, with studies demonstrating moderate to low RoB. These results suggest that a series of recurring issues need to be addressed in future research regarding sampling, analysis and reporting to improve confidence in research findings …” – The web link to the abstract is included in the post on the home page of Plastic Food Packaging Waste News http://www.pfpw.news at https://pfpw.news/2020/11/06/microplastics-presence-in-salt-studied/ #PlasticWaste #SingleUsePlastic #MicroPlastic
Animal Digestible Food Packaging Initiative
Our reason-for-being/goal/purpose/objective/intent is to convince/inspire/persuade/encourage the food processing industry to establish and fund a public private partnership for the discovery of new food packaging materials that would be digestible by animals (farm animals as well as ubiquitous microbes).
