We know almost nothing about the health effects of something most of us probably eat every day: plastic.
Scientists last month announced the first preliminary evidence that small bits of plastic are getting into us, though this was long suspected given that much of what we eat and drink is stored or served in it.
Plastic was already known to contaminate the marine food chain, getting into plankton, shellfish, fish, turtles and sea birds.
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