by Dr. Joseph Mercola, Mercola:
STORY AT-A-GLANCE
- Discarded plastics make up 18.5% of landfills and 90% of all trash entering the world’s oceans. Estimates suggest that by 2050, our oceans will contain more plastic than fish by weight. In some ocean waters, plastic already exceeded plankton by a factor of 6-to-1 in 2006
- Recent animal research found plastic particles in mice’s brains just two hours after the animals ingested drinking water containing microplastics
