![]() ![]() Tea bags also unknowingly release microplastics. An ordinary person who drinks three cups of tea or coffee in a disposable paper cup every day will ingest 75,000 plastic particles invisible to the naked eye.” The particles are released into hot drinks. It will degrade 25,000 micrometers in size. Sudha Goel, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, said: “A paper cup filled with hot coffee or hot tea will degrade the microplastic layer in the cup within 15 minutes. The corresponding author of the study, Dr. ![]() In a new study published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials (Journal of Hazardous Materials), a research team from the Indian Institute of Technology found that hot coffee or other hot beverages in disposable paper cups are released into the beverage within 15 minutes Tens of thousands of potentially harmful substances, namely plastic particles. ![]() In addition to the microplastics contained in seafood products, our commonly used disposable hot drink cups and tea bags are also the “hardest hit” of microplastics. In life, it is indeed difficult for us to avoid “microplastics”. It is precisely for this reason that in recent years there has been more and more research on microplastics. By 2060, the global annual plastic waste generation is expected to triple, reaching 155 million to 265 million tons. Plastic waste flowing into oceans, lakes and rivers may enter shellfish, fish and marine mammals. The microplastics and plastic pollution in seafood are inseparable. The study pointed out that the largest consumers of molluscs are China, Australia, Canada, Japan and the United States, followed by Europe and the United Kingdom. ![]() These areas are also relatively seriously polluted by plastics. Molluscs collected along the coast of Asia are most contaminated by microplastics. Molluscs, such as clams, mussels, oysters and scallops have the highest content of microplastics. The results showed that the content of microplastics in mollusks was 0-10.5 per gram, the content of microplastics in crustaceans was 0.1-8.6 per gram, and the content of microplastics in fish was 0-2.9 per gram. Researchers from Hull York Medical School and the University of Hull in the United Kingdom reviewed and analyzed more than 50 studies from 2014 to 2020 to investigate the global level of microplastic pollution in fish and shellfish. Because the mussels, oysters and scallops we eat often may contain a secret ingredient: microplastics. Eating shellfish is equivalent to “chewing plastic”?Įating shellfish is equivalent to “chewing plastic”? If you like seafood, maybe you will be “scared” by the content of this article. ![]()
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