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Call on Leaders to Fund Research on the Impact of Plastic in Our Blood

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Microplastic particles were recently discovered in human blood for the first time. The study, commissioned by the non-profit Common Seas, found that nearly 80% of the U.K. trial group had tested positive.

The plastic particles, which contain chemicals harmful to humans, can travel through our membranes and may even lodge in organs. Yet there is almost no research on the short and long term consequences.

The plastic found in the blood samples – PET, polystyrene, and polyethylene – is the same plastic that is used to make drink bottles, food packaging, and plastic bags. · Common Seas

This is a potential public health crisis that must be immediately addressed: Each day, we’re all exposed to plastic, and the global production of plastic is on course to double by 2030 according to the UN, which will only exacerbate associated risks. But knowledge is power, and the first step to tackling this problem is knowing exactly how our #pollutedveins will affect us.

Join Only One and Common Seas, alongside more than 80 NGOs, scientists and MPs, and urge the UK government to allocate £15 million ($19 million) from an existing research fund to study the human health impacts of plastic. 

*60,278 of the signatures reflected on this page are carried over from a similar petition by Common Seas’ founder, Jo Royle, on change.org

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8,996 people have signed from the USA

Natasha L

microplastics kill!

1 week ago
Terry G

We need to stop using plastics, period! No good has come their use accept corporations making more money!!

3 weeks ago
Marina A

our governments are killing us secretly by not exposing what are added to our foods, and the harmful effects of all the plastic packaging!

3 weeks ago
Eloïse F

je pour la planète

1 month ago
Jessica D

Knowledge is important.

2 months ago
Linda P

I care

2 months ago
Alicia N

Because of this I and my family members have had sever stomach issues. Which in my opinion its just another way to kill off more of the population

2 months ago
Jeanette J

bisherige med./wissensch. Gutachten+Forschungsergebn. bereits erschreckende Entwicklgn.+Ausmaße von tox.Einlagerungen+gefährlich. Zellverändergn.in Kö…

2 months ago
Trent P

we need healthy blood

2 months ago
Dee D

it's very important

2 months ago
azaniel f

me no like bad things in me body

2 months ago
Bre F

I care.

2 months ago
Pablo S

its important

3 months ago
Emi K

This is a concern

3 months ago
Sierra J

i care

3 months ago
Morgan T

Plastic ...found in the human blood stream... Really the overconsumption of plastic isn't just harming our lands anymore. it's harming us. Is that eno…

3 months ago
Susanna R

Because I care.

4 months ago
Arina K

i am signing because i want know how can i live longer

4 months ago
Liliia R

Я подписываю эту петицию потому что пластик очеень вреден для нас и окружающей нас среде уже столько животных умерло из-за пластика, и мы должны ислед…

4 months ago
Nuria M

my future matters

4 months ago
Marcia H

I am a mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. Don't pollute our bodies~ !

4 months ago
Lydia C

health is so important to me now that i have a baby and want the best for him!

6 months ago
Kirk M

Our bodies are chemelectric by nature. Plastic is not conductive. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that Plastic in our blood could change the wa…

6 months ago
Scott F

Having plastic in my body makes me physically uncomfortable - and is lowering our average age of living!

7 months ago
Nan M

hopefully it is not too late.

7 months ago
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