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![Screenshot of the Guardian article. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/13/microplastics-human-body-doubt
Excerpt reads:
"‘On the safe side’
[Image of strawberries in a punnett and microplastics]
In the meantime, should the public be worried about MNPs in their bodies?
Given the very limited evidence, Prof Lamoree said she could not say how concerned people should be: “But for sure I take some precautions myself, to be on the safe side. I really try to use less plastic materials, especially when cooking or heating food or drinking from plastic bottles. The other thing I do is ventilate my house.”
“We do have plastics in us – I think that is safe to assume,” said Materić. “But real hard proof on how much is yet to come. There are also very easy things that you can do to hugely reduce intake of MNPs. If you are concerned about water, just filtering through charcoal works.” Experts also advise avoiding food or drink that has been heated in plastic containers.
Rauert thinks most of the MNPs that people ingest or breathe in are probably expelled by their bodies, but said it can’t hurt to reduce your plastics exposure. Furthermore, she said, it remains vital to resolve the uncertainty over what MNPs are doing to our health: “We know we’re being exposed, so we definitely want to know what happens after that and we’ll keep working at it, that’s for sure.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hptasymztsll7fhgp3vpamin/bafkreiful3arm63bi6e56v2f7v4iq5b5ncgikhqsmhqrdtwwm6q3gg4cbm)
