Microplastics, defined as tiny plastic pieces less than five millimeters ... “Microplastics are currently hard to avoid entirely, as they are present in our food, water, and air,” says Kelly ...

It’s hard to avoid foods wrapped in plastic film because they are ubiquitous, Landrigan said, but you can take the food out of the plastic wrapping before you cook it or put it in the microwave.

But when you look at the plastic-wrapped tomatoes on a supermarket shelf, what you may fail to see is the plastic that was used to produce the food in the ... global plastic film use on farms ...