Some 170 trillion pieces of plastic are floating on the planet’s oceans — and scientists revealed for the first time that it could take more than century for them sink or disappear, even if we stopped all plastic pollution today.
Plastic is extremely detrimental to both human and animal health, with minuscule particles known as micro- and nanoplastics found in arteries, brains and sexual organs. While doctors are still studying their effects, these fragments have been tied to cancer, diabetes, heart disease and changes in gut health.
