Hazardous Effects Of Microplastic Pollution !!

December 6, 2021

Pollution is a very drastic problem worldwide, and pollution exists in different forms like water pollution, air pollution, noise pollution and many others. But today I am going to talk about a very dangerous type of pollution which is Microplastic pollution. Seriously it's very necessary to be aware to this type of pollution, so today i decided to write each and every aspect about this pollution so, let's start;

First I want to tell you that Microplastic is actually small bites of plastic that are less than 5 millimeters. These very small pieces of plastic about the size of cumin seeds are called Microplastic which are highly dangerous for aquatic life as well as for human life which i am going to discuss following in detail. 

Actually Microplastic are of two types or we can categorize this in two groups. One is the primary Microplastic, this is the use of tiny pieces of plastic in personal care products like toothpaste, soaps and in facial scrub for the purpose of scraping, and they are called microbeads. So , when we use these products, the ultimately  waste ends up in the water. The second type is the secondary Microplastic, in which larger pieces of plastic split up into tiny pieces through different ways like through, wind exposure, high ultraviolet radiation, weathering, sunlight and wave action. At last these both types of Microplastic goes into the water like in rivers, oceans and other water bodies in the form of plastic debris. 

How Aquatic life Ingest Microplastic 

Yes Microplastic are really harmful for aquatic life. When lots of primary and secondary Microplastic comes in water then the fishes mostly carp and tilapia easily ingest tiny particles of plastic in confusion of food that randomly floats in the water, and these tiny plastics damage the gills of fishes badly. Except these when we eat seafood, tiny plastic particles transfer in our body through fish flesh. 

Breathing Air

Microplastic easily mix up in air through different ways like high wind pressure, and from different agricultural processes through soil dust. And when we breathe, these tiny particles transfer in our respiratory tract, in severe conditions these particles can cause lesions in our lungs. So, i think it's very necessary to wear masks especially when we go outside, not just for COVID-19, but also for preventing these serious health problems, because lot of vehicles on the roads continuously emit smoke and at the same time cause the soil to fly in the air that contains Microplastic. 

I want to share some suggestions to stay away from Microplastic which are;

Always use microbeads free personal care products. Always prefer to drink properly filtered water, and one is very important thing is that don't use plastic utensils in microwave because this is one of the biggest cause of Microplastic ingestion as well as use of plastic pots in microwave has many other harmful effects on health; like when plastic heated, lot of dangerous chemicals can be mix in our food that are may be carcinogenic. Although those plastic utensils that have a label of microwave safe may be not as harmful as others. But I always prefer ceramic plates and bowls for heating food in the microwave. 

Finally, I want to say that most pollution except natural ones is man-made so, if we take care of our environment well and avoid spreading pollution and stay away from all those activities which are causing pollution like burning of fossil fuels, burning of garbage wastes openly, marine dumping and many others, then we can live a healthy life in a healthy environment. 

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