How do the microplastics in our bodies affect our health?

“We know that microplastics are everywhere, even in the indoor environment. If they’re in your air, you’re still taking in microplastics at low levels when you’re asleep,” says Couceiro. “So we would like, if it’s possible, to speak to manufacturers about how to avoid them, whether they can stop making certain plastics in the first place. For example, for people who go into hospital to be treated for respiratory diseases, the masks are plastic, and the tubing is plastic. So can we find better alternatives which prevent them getting into the system in the first place?”