Americans Eat Up to 3.8 Million Bits of Plastic Each Year via Protein Alone

Author: Pandora Dewan

Microplastics are all around us—in the soil, in the air, in the sea and in our food. But exactly how much plastic we are eating daily is still somewhat of a mystery. The average person consumes a credit card's worth of microscopic plastic particles every week, according to previous estimates, and new studies have shown that this plastic often shows up in places you might not expect.