We're All a Little Plastic on the Inside

You're made of water, bone, blood, muscle and fat; you're also a few parts plastic. That is, if you prefer sea salt on your meal. Or honey, shellfish, beer or tap water. Recent studies have found microplastics, tiny shards of degraded plastic, in them all. Even the air is filled with the minuscule plastic bits.

Hold off on the panic though; it's still too early for researchers to say what the effects of microplastic consumption are, although studies in animals suggest that they can certainly cause harm.