People inhale up to 68,000 microplastics particles daily, study finds

Every breath people take in their homes or car probably contains significant amounts of microplastics small enough to burrow deep into the lungs, research suggests.

- Tom Perkins

A study, published in the journal Plos One, estimates humans can inhale as much as 68,000 tiny plastic particles daily. Smaller microplastics of between 1 and 10 micrometres, or about one-seventh the thickness of a human hair, present more of a health threat because they can be more easily distributed throughout the body.