The abstract of an article in the July 20, 2022 issue of Science of the Total Environment https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969722020009 by researchers with UK University of Hull and UK Castle Hill Hospital reports that “… This study analysed digested human lung tissue samples … using μFTIR spectroscopy (size limitation of 3 μm) to detect and characterise any Airborne microplastics (MPs) present. In total, 39 MPs were identified within 11 of the 13 lung tissue samples ... Of the MPs detected, 12 polymer types were identified with polypropylene, PP (23%), polyethylene terephthalate, PET (18%) and resin (15%) the most abundant. MPs (unadjusted) were identified within all regions of the lung … The study demonstrates the highest level of contamination control and reports unadjusted values alongside different contamination adjustment techniques. These results support inhalation as a route of exposure for environmental MPs, and this characterisation of types and levels can now inform realistic conditions for laboratory exposure experiments, with the aim of determining health impacts …” #PlasticWaste #SingleUsePlastic #MicroPlastics @UniOfHull
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).
