Scientists are pushing back on warnings that microplastics damage your health, saying people are just obese and calling some studies 'a joke'

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Don’t toss that scratched-up, questionably stained, borderline EPA Superfund site, 12-year-old cutting board just yet! Your vintage fermentation lab with knife marks might not be so dangerous after all.

Scientists have warned for years that microplastics are found in everything: from the food and drinks we consume to the clothes we wear and cleaning supplies we use. These microplastics are building up in our bodies and pose a new risk to our health—or so we’ve been told.