{"id":9954,"date":"2023-08-22T14:08:56","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T13:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/?p=9954"},"modified":"2023-08-23T07:31:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T06:31:32","slug":"did-you-know-that-an-average-person-could-be-ingesting-approximately-5-grams-of-plastic-every-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/index.php\/2023\/08\/22\/did-you-know-that-an-average-person-could-be-ingesting-approximately-5-grams-of-plastic-every-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Did you know that an average person could be ingesting approximately 5 grams of plastic every week?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9954\" class=\"elementor elementor-9954\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-49bf8f5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"49bf8f5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-adc109e\" data-id=\"adc109e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3adffafa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3adffafa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Research has shown that microplastics have been detected in various parts of the human body, including the digestive system, respiratory system, and even in organs like the liver. These particles can potentially enter the body through ingestion of contaminated food and water, inhalation of airborne particles, and even through the skin.<\/p><p>Read the article here: <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/epdf\/10.1021\/acs.est.2c07179\">https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/epdf\/10.1021\/acs.est.2c07179<\/a><\/p><p>According to a recent study microplastics specimens were collected from cardiac surgery patients showing us that the plastic pollution problem is even bigger. These data are crucial, and we need to act now. Thanks to technology, there are plenty of alternatives to plastic and we need to be part of the solution to achieve a planet with less plastic.<\/p><p>Simple actions for you to use less plastic in your daily life:<\/p><p>\u2705 Always carry your reusable water bottle.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u2705 Use your reusable cup in caf\u00e9s for takeaway.<\/p><p>\u2705 You are responsible for your own rubbish.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u2705 Take part in a beach clean-up campaign. Be a shining example for those around you and raise awareness about not littering.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u2705 Visit a &#8220;Plastic Free Beach&#8221;. Find your local beach here: <a href=\"https:\/\/shorturl.at\/puTV1\">https:\/\/shorturl.at\/puTV1<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p><p>\u2705 Become a Beachfluencer. Learn more about this trend here: <a href=\"https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/index.php\/beachfluencer\/\">https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/index.php\/beachfluencer\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a09088 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1a09088\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c7a3de0\" data-id=\"c7a3de0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cf641f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8cf641f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1053_CSTI_POST_The-Solution-is-in-your-hands_ENG-1024x1024.gif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9955\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1053_CSTI_POST_The-Solution-is-in-your-hands_ENG-1024x1024.gif 1024w, https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1053_CSTI_POST_The-Solution-is-in-your-hands_ENG-300x300.gif 300w, https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1053_CSTI_POST_The-Solution-is-in-your-hands_ENG-150x150.gif 150w, https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1053_CSTI_POST_The-Solution-is-in-your-hands_ENG-768x768.gif 768w, https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1053_CSTI_POST_The-Solution-is-in-your-hands_ENG-720x720.gif 720w, https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1053_CSTI_POST_The-Solution-is-in-your-hands_ENG-360x360.gif 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research has shown that microplastics have been detected in various parts of the human body, including the digestive system, respiratory [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9961,"href":"https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9954\/revisions\/9961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}