Microplastic Contamination and Seafood Safety
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2019-04-24

Can ingested plastic particles from fish get into our bloodstream?

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This is the first in a three-video series on microplastics. Stay tuned for Are Microplastics in Seafood a Cancer Risk? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/are-microplastics-in-seafood-a-cancer-risk) and How Much Microplastic Is Found in Fish Fillets? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-much-microplastic-is-found-in-fish-fillets).

I’ve previously covered BPA in:
• BPA Plastic and Male Sexual Dysfunction (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/bpa-plastic-and-male-sexual-dysfunction/)
• Why BPA Hasn’t Been Banned (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/why-bpa-hasnt-been-banned/)
• Is Canned Fruit as Healthy? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-canned-fruit-as-healthy/)
• BPA on Receipts: Getting Under Our Skin (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/bpa-on-receipts-getting-under-our-skin/)
• How to Avoid the Obesity-Related Plastic Chemical BPA (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-avoid-the-obesity-related-plastic-chemical-bpa/)
• Are the BPA-Free Alternatives Safe? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/are-the-bpa-free-alternatives-safe/)

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