Do You Really Eat a Credit Card of Plastic Every Week? Here's What the Science Says #microplastics

Added: 2026-05-05

[00:00:00]Do we really ingest a credit card size amount of microplastics every week?

[00:00:04]Well, even if it's half that, even if it's 10%, it's still a lot of microplastic. And the reason is once they get into your body, they get engulfed in things called lysosomes. And those loosomes try to digest them, but they can't be digested. And so, they build up much like food in a kitchen sink. It stops it up. And so once that happens because microplastics are porous they house lots of toxins like BPA which is an endocrine disruptor and can cause irregular menration in women early puberty in girls even low testosterone low sperm count in men and just general infertility. But there are ways to decrease microplastics in your environment. First sleep with a hepailter in your room. Use reverse osmosis filters for your drinking water.

[00:00:53]Even use stainless steel coffee mugs and water bottles instead of plastic. And do not heat your food in plastic in your microwave. It's hard to do all these at once, but you can take a first step.