According an article published Feb. 12, 2021 in Science magazine, titled “Microplastics and human health,” by Netherlands researchers with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Deltares Institute, and Utrecht University “ … The ubiquity of microplastics (plastic particles <5 mm, including nanosized plastics <1 µm) in the global biosphere raises increasing concerns about their implications for human health … Recent evidence indicates that humans constantly inhale and ingest microplastics; however, whether these contaminants pose a substantial risk to human health is far from understood. The lack of crucial data on exposure and hazard represents key knowledge gaps … Microplastics are created by the weathering and breakdown of plastic objects … biofilms growing on microplastics may be a source of harmful microorganisms … A major issue … is the lack of information on human exposure. Adequate analytical tools … especially nanosized plastic particles, are urgently needed …” – The web link to the article is included in the post on the home page of Plastic Food Packaging Waste News: https://pfpw.news/2021/02/12/microplastics-human-exposure-examined-in-science-magazine-article/ #PlasticWaste #SingleUsePlastic #MicroPlastics
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).
