Your sea salt may contain microplastic bits

[Toliver]

The article:

"Sullied seasoning: Sea salts come with a dash of microplastics"

Quote

When plastic garbage makes its way to the sea, it eventually breaks down into tiny fragments that return to us in salty seasonings, Malaysian researchers report in Scientific Reports.

In a survey of 16 sea salts from eight countries, researchers found microplastic particles lurking in all but one. In total, the researchers collected 72 particles from the salts and used micro-Raman spectroscopy to identify their components, which were mainly plastic polymers and pigments.

 

The article also mentions sea creatures taking in the micro-particles and then humans consuming those sea creatures. 

They say this poses no health risk since the level of contamination is so low, but still, the thought of consuming plastic with my sea salt sort of skeeves me out.

[Tri2Cook]

Everything we eat, drink and breath may, and probably does, contain something we'd rather it didn't. The dirty fingerprints of the planet's dominant species are pretty much everywhere and on everything. That's not to say it's wrong to be concerned regarding what we put into our bodies, it's just that there's no realistic way around it at this point. Since eating, drinking and breathing are pretty much non-optional conventions, I don't let it worry me too much unless it's a major thing. Things like specific warnings and recalls due to health-endangering problems.

[Darienne]

Aaarrrggghhhhh!