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 ....