TED-Ed
3 surprising ways microplastics can enter your body
2026 • E21 Mar 17, 2026 6m
Plastic is everywhere. It’s in our clothes, our food, the air we breathe. And plastic is now also in our bodies. Micro and nanoplastics generally enter our bodies in one of three ways: the air, our skin, and what we eat and drink. But how exactly do these microscopic particles affect our health? Dig into how they can interrupt your body’s processes, and how we can begin to fix our plastic problem.
Directed by Vicente Nirõ, AIM Creative Studios.
Directed by Vicente Nirõ, AIM Creative Studios.