Inhalable Microplastics: India’s Emerging Health Threat
As India struggles with chronic air pollution, researchers are warning of a new and largely invisible pollutant, inhalable microplastics (iMPs), circulating in the air of major metropolitan markets.
- A recent study titled The Dawn of a New Air Pollutant: Inhalable Microplastics as Emerging Vectors of Hazardous Contaminants and Their Implications for Human Health shows that these microscopic plastic particles are now part of what people breathe daily, adding a dangerous new dimension to urban air pollution.
What are Inhalable Microplastics (iMPs)?
- Inhalable microplastics are plastic particles smaller than 10 micrometres (µm), small enough to be inhaled through the nose and reach ....
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