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Malaysia tops list of countries with highest microplastic consumption
06-06-2024, 08:15 AM
UPDATED JUN 05, 2024, 01:49 PM
PETALING JAYA – Malaysia ranks the highest among 109 countries in consuming microplastics, which are plastic particles smaller than 5mm in length, a recent study found.
The study, published in the Environmental Science and Technology journal, found that Malaysians eat an average of 502.3mg of microplastics daily per capita.
The report noted that more than 50 per cent of Malaysia’s microplastic consumption was from eating fish.
Malaysia was also among the top 10 countries that inhaled the most microplastic particles, at an estimated 494,000 microplastic particles a day per capita
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“Our study found that rapidly industrialising countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam topped the microplastic uptake globally, originating from high seafood consumption,” the report said.
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“In Asian, African and American countries, including China and the United States, airborne and dietary microplastic uptake increased over sixfold from 1990 to 2018.”
PETALING JAYA – Malaysia ranks the highest among 109 countries in consuming microplastics, which are plastic particles smaller than 5mm in length, a recent study found.
The study, published in the Environmental Science and Technology journal, found that Malaysians eat an average of 502.3mg of microplastics daily per capita.
The report noted that more than 50 per cent of Malaysia’s microplastic consumption was from eating fish.
Malaysia was also among the top 10 countries that inhaled the most microplastic particles, at an estimated 494,000 microplastic particles a day per capita
......
“Our study found that rapidly industrialising countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam topped the microplastic uptake globally, originating from high seafood consumption,” the report said.
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“In Asian, African and American countries, including China and the United States, airborne and dietary microplastic uptake increased over sixfold from 1990 to 2018.”
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