Why are microplastics found in nearly all human organs?

Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastic that have traveled through our bodies and ended up inside nearly all of our organs, like little guests who don’t want to leave.

Imagine you're eating a snack, like chips or candy. Sometimes, those snacks come from packages made of plastic. When we eat them, the plastic bits can become really small, so small that they're like microplastics, which means tiny plastics.

These tiny plastics are like invisible passengers in our food and water. They travel through our stomachs and into our blood, just like a tiny train ride from our mouths all the way to our hearts and lungs, even into our brains!

Once they're inside us, microplastics can stay for a long time because they’re so small and strong. It's like having tiny plastic stickers stuck in your organs that you don't notice until later.

Because we eat and drink so much every day, these tiny plastics keep coming in, making their way into nearly all our organs, just like little plastic friends who never leave.