Americans Consume More Than 70,000 Microplastic Particles Every Year

(Credit: DEREVYA/Shutterstock) Plastics are everywhere, from our phones to our cars to our utensils. Now researchers find they're inside our bodies as well. Americans consume more than 70,000 microplastic particles every year, a new study says. That sounds like a lot, but that number is still likely an underestimate, the researchers say. The consequences to human health are largely unknown. "The results of our study support the concept that we are living in a 'plastic environment' and con