😱 5 Shocking Facts About Micro- and Nanoplastic
Part 2
Fact 1
🌬 Plastic enters the human body not only through food and water but also through the air.
Up to 25 million tons of microplastic every year spread through the atmosphere — with sea breeze, snow, and fog.
Fact 2
🧬 Accumulation of nanoplastic in the body contributes to severe diseases:
— cancer
— infertility
— autism
— Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s disease
… and many more.
Fact 3
🚛 Every minute, the amount of plastic equal to a full garbage truck is dumped into the ocean.
Fact 4
📦 Since the 1950s, more than 9 billion tons of plastic have been produced.
— about 5 billion tons are already in landfills
— about 2.5 billion tons were improperly disposed of and ended up in nature.
Fact 5
🐟 By 2050, the total mass of plastic in the ocean could equal the entire mass of all fish on the planet — about 12 billion tons.
📖 Learn more in the scientific report at 🌐 creativesociety.com
