Disease-carrying microplastics in the air we breathe – Mongabay

Tire shop along the highway in India by Derek A Young ,CC BY-NC 2.0, via Flickr.

A new study from Indian megacities identifies inhalable microplastics as an emerging air pollutant. These micron-sized particles not only bypass barriers in the nose to reach the lungs but also carry pathogens that could find a host in human body and multiply…