It isn’t just seafood that’s loaded with microplastic pollution. In a new study, scientists found microplastics in nearly 90 of sampled meats and meat-like alternatives – including seafood, chicken breasts, beef steaks, tofu, and plant-based burgers.
It’s become well-documented that seafood is often tainted with the presence of microplastics due to the shockingly high quantities of plastic in the planet’s oceans. For instance, a 2017 review found that regular eaters of fish and shellfish could be ingesting up to 11,000 microparticles a year.
However, until now, there’s been relatively little research into the prevalence of plastic in terrestrial protein sources, like beef and chicken.
To pry into the issue, scientists at Ocean Conservancy and the University of Toronto sampled 16 protein types, including highly processed protein products and minimally processed “fresh” products.
21st century seasoning
Lmao I’m stealing that
Actually 20th, if the scene from The Graduate was any indication.
… there is no way 10% of our food doesn’t contain microplastics
Ugh, I hate it when my plastic has meat in it.
Y’all need to up your game
No, stop grinding your plastics.
c/lego
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I swear I’m not fat! I just have a lot of microplastics in me.
I keep hearing George Carlin’s old comedy routine about how we evolved because Mother Earth needed plastic for reasons, and now that we’ve made enough to last a very long time, she can get rid of us…
They should compare meat from cans, from plastic bags and fresh meat…get a live chicken and stab it a few times with a sample core auger. Right? How could we beat torture the animals before we eat them? Grinding them up using plastic bushings makes plastic particles, grinding them using stones makes stone particles. Finally grinding them using carbides and metals leaves carbide and metal particles!
We chew… maybe our methods of animal torture should include calcium carbonate tools, smashers, mushers, cutters, grinders, etc? All particles would then be made of stuff that is good for us.
How high are you?
what?!
I’m also curious if the source is microplastics in live animals or if it’s from processing.
Yes, but also maybe just stop eating animals. I did and it was fine.
Did you read the article? Microplastics are found in plant sources too.t
I didn’t. I’m to old to care. This is a problem for people in their 20s. You guys need to kick the dying dinosaurs from Congress and replace them with people who care.
Hell yeah veg
Yes. Microplastics is slower gray goo.
For years, we got our farmers and hunters where we get our meat, search on your vicinity, it’s not only better, it’s cheaper in the long run. You’ll notice that you’ll eat less meat, but better one. Stop the supermarket overlords.
Microplastics and forever chemicals are going to be a problem to localvores too.
Friend, they’ve found microplastics in fish from the bottom of the ocean. Even if you shoot your own deer, you’ll still be finding microplastics.
@sagrotan @MicroWave
There’s no way wildlife can replace industrial meat. That’s an extinction plan.There are micro plastics in the rain
How is it not 100%? I thought that there wasn’t any source of water on Earth that doesn’t have microplastics.