Re: “Microplastics are everywhere. You can do one simple thing to avoid them” (Oct. 13, Well being):
Microplastics are a rising menace to our well being. Tiny plastic bits from water bottles, clothes and packaging are displaying up in every single place, abruptly: in our oceans, our meals, and even our blood and bones. These fragments are smaller than a grain of sand, but the typical individual swallows hundreds yearly — a couple of bank card’s value of plastic every week.
The article factors out an vital method to scale back our private publicity to microplastics however misses an vital level: particular person actions are inadequate to maintain these tiny poisonous particles out of our our bodies, and we want clear monitoring and regulation to maintain our ingesting water plastic-free.
Because the Environmental Safety Company finalizes its record of contaminants to watch in our nation’s ingesting water beneath the Protected Consuming Water Act, Gov. Bob Ferguson ought to urge the company to incorporate microplastics. The EPA can be required to incorporate microplastics on this record with a petition from Gov. Ferguson and 6 different governors.
Our well being relies on figuring out what’s in our water — and we are able to’t keep wholesome if we’re at nighttime.
Thomas Meyer, Seattle, organizer, Meals & Water Watch
