Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Playing with plastic toy building bricks creates microplastic and nanoplastic pollution. Really!

Scaremongering by headline practiced by the Royal Society of Chemistry! That is really scary!

Plastophobia is a serious disorder! Please seek immediate medical help!

In the future will we make children toys from e.g. Bamboo? How much Bamboo would need to be planted etc. etc.

"It’s one of the most popular and creative toys around, but playing with plastic building bricks could create something much less desirable in households and childcare settings: large amounts of micro- and nanoplastic particles. While it remains unknown whether such plastic particles pose any risk to health, the findings add yet another source of emerging indoor pollutants and the researchers recommend caution to avoid inhaling or swallowing them. ..."

Playing with plastic toy building bricks creates microplastic and nanoplastic pollution | Research | Chemistry World

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