Babies Could Have at Least 10 Times More Microplastics in Their Bodies Than Adults: Study

Stamford Elementary school teacher Luciana Lira, 42, feeds baby Neysel, then two-and-a-half weeks old, in Stamford, Connecticut, on April 20, 2020. John Moore/Getty Images

Babies could have at least 10 times more microplastics in their bodies than adults, according to a recent study published in the American Chemical Society.

The research, titled “Occurrence of Polyethylene Terephthalate and Polycarbonate Microplastics in Infant and Adult Feces,” was published on Sept. 22 and aimed to shed light on the magnitude of exposure humans have to microplastics (MPs).