Microplastics are everywhere — including in the air around plastic treaty negotiations
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Summary
Negotiations to create a groundbreaking global plastics treaty are being held in Geneva, with the potential for delegates to be inhaling microplastics during talks.
Greenpeace tested the air around the city prior to the talks beginning and found microplastics in the samples collected.
The organisation used an air-monitoring device attached to an individual as they went about their day in shops, cafes and offices, collecting 12 pieces of microplastics in total.
Scientists are concerned that the presence of microplastics in the air, and their ability to penetrate deeper into the body, could have health implications.
It is hoped a plastics treaty will help to alleviate the $1.5tn in health-related economic losses attributed to plastics each year.