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3 surprising ways microplastics can enter your body

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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.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Emma Bryce
Director
Vicente Nirō, AIM Creative Studios
Narrator
Addison Anderson
Composer
André Aires
Sound Designer
André Aires
Storyboard Artist
Vicente Nirō
Animator
Vicente Nirō, Beatriz Antunes
Compositor
Carlos Marques, Daniela Carvalho, Jorge Ramos
Art Director
Vicente Nirō
Executive Producer
Carole Tomko, Samara Stein
Impact Producer
Alexandra Pearson
Produced by
Gerta Xhelo, Abdallah Ewis
Editorial Director
Alex Rosenthal
Editorial Producer
Dan Kwartler
AIM Creative Studios Producer
Tiago Ribeiro, Mariana Oliveira
Fact-Checker
Charles Wallace

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