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A person consumes five grams of microplastic a week, which is the size of a credit card, a Nutritionist said.
Addressing the media, Nutritionist Roshan Dela Bandara said that research conducted by Newcastle University in Australia found that microplastics are mixing with our food, drinking water and the air we breathe.
"The research results revealed that a person consumes five grams of microplastics a week, which is the size of a credit card. Accordingly, 20 grams of microplastics are consumed in a month and 250 grams per year," the Nutritionist said.
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) Secretary, Dr. Sajith Edirisinghe, claimed that several studies have pointed out that the main cause of getting microplastic into our bodies was from nylon cloth and nylon fishing nets.
Most of the microplastic is inserted into our body through the air we breathe, he said.
After consuming more microplastic, the results can be cancer, he said.
Therefore, the doctors requested people not destroy the plastic items by themselves but to hand them over to the centres where they can be recycled. It is also recommended not to burn plastic items, as they emit a large number of poisonous chemicals and gases. (Chaturanga Pradeep Samarawickrama)
wickrama Wijayasiri Thursday, 03 August 2023 02:20 PM
Please research and verify your claim without unnecessarily alarming the citizens. Here is what I found: So even though the number of particles consumed is likely an underestimate, the 5 gram figure highlighted by the Post, according to Coucerio, is probably still an overestimate. “Myself, I would estimate something towards the lower end, because the smallest particles really don't weigh very much,” she said. “They actually did a calculation in the paper, which was 0.7 grams per week. And I think that's probably about right for the numbers they were looking at.”
Sooriya Thursday, 03 August 2023 04:56 PM
You are the sick up Country Indian Tamil who copies from Wikipedia , and write as if your thinking. You Indian bastard living in Canada, 70 years old , is being used by DM DM is an anti Sri Lankan paper , we have to decide soon between two options , we Sri Lankans live or DM owners and staff lives .
Kaputa Thursday, 03 August 2023 09:02 PM
My question is different, how much credit can you build up in six months by swallowing a card each week ?
UniDon Friday, 04 August 2023 08:51 AM
At least we have something to eat.
Go digital - No credit cards Saturday, 05 August 2023 11:06 AM
No wonder they say that people have too many credit cards these days!
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