These include bottled water, salt, seafood, teabags, ready meals and canned food
Doctor Wassermann continued: “In my medical experience, ingestion of micro-plastics results in inflammation, oxidative stress and DNA damage.”
The impacts of microplastics on the lungs have yet to be confirmed, preliminary research has found evidence of damage to the organs.
According to the non-profit organisation Plastic Soup Foundation, damaged lung tissue could eventually lead to cancer and asthma attacks.