Living on Earth: Microplastics and Human Health — SkimNews
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- Aynsley O’Neill produced the interview for Living on Earth, described as public radio's environmental news magazine, on the human-health dangers of microplastics.
- Plastics have been widely adopted in products from food packaging to toys to medical devices, in part on the strength of beliefs about their chemical safety — the assumption the segment now puts under question.
Why it matters: For the manufacturers behind food packaging, toys and medical devices, the chemical beliefs that drove plastics' adoption are the same assumptions now questioned on health grounds. Because the material is everywhere, a contested microplastics question becomes one about everyday products, not a niche exposure.
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