Microplastics can be found all over your body. Why they’re so bad and what you can do to stay healthier [Video]

We are very much living in the Plastic Age.Whether it’s our food supply and how it’s packaged, our dwellings, furnishings and clothing or even our environment, there is almost no avoiding plastic in some way, shape or form.While plastic makes our lives easier in countless ways — can you imagine life without shoes, computers or cars? — there’s also no denying that plastics are choking our environment. And leaders can’t agree on how to tame this monster we have created.Plastics also affect our health in ways we are only just beginning to understand.Microplastics and nanoplastics — incredibly tiny bits of plastic that break off and shed from larger products — have made their way into many of the tissues of our bodies , including our brain, reproductive organs (both male and female), and cardiovascular system.”It’s much more pervasive than meets the eye,” Dr. Leonardo Trasande, the director of environmental pediatrics …