First Bottled Water and now Salt both Contaminated by Plastics

[Zurich Times - September 12, 2017]

Plastics are now part of daily diet it seems and of course there is no connection between these artificial fibers in our bodies which we cannot digest and the occurrence of diseases we cannot explain.

The daily assault on our senses and our health is part of the agenda for full spectrum dominance. If you are able to survive the fake news, the weather wars, then perhaps you will finally succumb to the plastics in your water. Eventually the Forces of Darkness have a remedy for your health.

[The Guardian] Sea salt around the world has been contaminated by plastic pollution, adding to experts’ fears that microplastics are becoming ubiquitous in the environment and finding their way into the food chain via the salt in our diets.

Following this week’s revelations in the Guardian about levels of plastic contamination in tap water, new studies have shown that tiny particles have been found in sea salt in the UK, France and Spain, as well as China and now the US.

Researchers believe the majority of the contamination comes from microfibres and single-use plastics such as water bottles, items that comprise the majority of plastic waste. Up to 12.7m tonnes of plastic enters the world’s oceans every year, equivalent to dumping one garbage truck of plastic per minute into the world’s oceans, according to the United Nations.

“Not only are plastics pervasive in our society in terms of daily use, but they are pervasive in the environment,” said Sherri Mason, a professor at the State University of New York at Fredonia, who led the latest research into plastic contamination in salt. Plastics are “ubiquitous, in the air, water, the seafood we eat, the beer we drink, the salt we use – plastics are just everywhere”.

Mason collaborated with researchers at the University of Minnesota to examine microplastics in salt, beer and drinking water. Her research looked at 12 different kinds of salt (including 10 sea salts) bought from US grocery stores around the world. The Guardian received an exclusive look at the forthcoming study.

Mason found Americans could be ingesting upwards of 660 particles of plastic each year, if they follow health officials’ advice to eat 2.3 grammes of salt per day. However, most Americans could be ingesting far more, as health officials believe 90% of Americans eat too much salt.

The Outer Light provides an excellent breakdown as usual on this issue;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXpIW1OT2_A

Just how big is the Plastics Contamination Problem? How about the size of Texas floating in the ocean;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAWx8XQ7C3M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D41rO7mL6zM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GX-y1Z1w00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5ZKk11R56o