A recent study shows that the consumption of ready meals and highly processed foods increases the intake of microplastics, while the use of plastic cooking utensils and containers makes no significant difference. Experts from the Federal Environment Agency in Vienna have found that eating ready meals and highly processed foods leads to a significantly higher intake of microplastics than eating freshly prepared food. However, storing food in plastic boxes and using plastic cooking spoons, for example, has no discernible effect on the amount of plastic that enters the body, they…
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