The Executive Summary of an August 30, 2022 release of a WHO report, titled “Dietary and inhalation exposure to nano- and microplastic particles and potential implications for human health” https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/362049/9789240054608-eng.pdf reports that nano- and microplastic particles (NMP) “… have been detected in environmental media with direct relevance for human exposure, including air, dust, water, food and beverages … Limited characterization of the hazard of NMP due to dietary exposure suggests the possibility of adverse outcomes similar to those of other well-studied insoluble particles … Observations from particle and fibre toxicology indicate that particles < 10 μm are probably taken up biologically … Dietary and inhalation exposure to nano- and microplastic particles and potential implications for human health of the toxicity of environmentally relevant NMP should represent a priority, and it is recommended that a series of well-characterized reference NMP be generated … It is therefore not currently possible to characterize or quantify the potential role of NMP in the transport of chemicals …” #PlasticWaste #SingleUsePlastic #Recycling @WHO
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).
