date:Sep 19, 2018
ignificant risk to human health as they move through the food chain and contaminate water supplies.
Now researchers of the University of Reading believe they have proof for the first time that microplastics can enter our ecosystem by air via mosquitoes and other flying insects.
The team observed mosquito larvae ingesting microscopic plastic beads - similar to the tiny plastic balls found in everyday cosmetic products - before monitoring them through their life cycle.
They found that many of t