Chinese salt polluted by micro-plastic is a rumor

Recently, a report on the discovery of micro-plastics in China's commonly used salt, widely reported and reproduced by domestic and foreign media, which has aroused public discussion and concerns about salt safety. In this regard, the experts who carry out the marine environment in the micro-plastic research, Li Tao said that the relevant facts must be clarified to solve the social concerns about edible salt.

"Marine plastic pollution is a global environmental problem." Professor Li Daoji said that research shows that the world's 192 coastal countries entered the plastic waste in the ocean about 400 to 12.7 million tons in 2010, the ocean almost became a "plastic world". So plastic recycling such as EPS recycling is very necessary to protect our environment. And then we can reuse it to do some other products.

Professor Li Daoji said that the pollution problem of marine plastic waste has aroused great concern from all over the world, especially coastal countries. Since 2007, China has also started the routine monitoring of marine waste including plastic waste. The number of samples in the acquisition accounted for more than 90%, micro-plastics generally present in the estuary and coastal waters. The researchers in the laboratory also studied the pollution of micro-plastics in sea salt, the main concern is the marine micro-plastics into the human food network approach. Our salt is just an example in this study.

Professor Lee said, acquire the micro-plastic from the salt may be minimal. Due to the complexity of the exposure pathways and the difficulty of detection. It is not possible to estimate how much plastic an ordinary person will consume in daily life every day. As a result, the public does not need to worry too much about the micro-plastic salt. Salt containing micro-plastic is just an example of the impact of our products on micro-plastics, and also a warning to each of us.