Microplastics are virtually everywhere. Sea salt and lake salt are made by evaporating water and harvesting the salt that remains. Plastic waste flows from rivers into those bodies of water, so it’s no surprise that the salt contains traces of it too. Scientists have been finding microplastics in salt for years, including in salt from countries and regions in Asia, Europe, and Africa.

微塑料实际上无处不在。海盐和湖盐都是通过将水分蒸发掉，获得剩下的盐分。废塑料从河流进入水体，因此食盐里也含有微量塑料就不奇怪了。多年来，科学家已在来自亚洲、欧洲和非洲各地的食盐中发现了微塑料。

But the latest study goes a step further, finding that looking at where the salt was produced is a good indicator of how much plastic pollution is coming from that particular region.

但最新的研究更深入一步，发现查看食盐的生产地就能很好地说明当地塑料污染的严重程度。

The 39 samples came from Australia, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chinese mainland and Taiwan, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Senegal, Thailand, the UK, the US, and Vietnam.

39份食盐样品分别来自澳大利亚、白俄罗斯、巴西、保加利亚、中国大陆和台湾地区、克罗地亚、法国、德国、匈牙利、印度、印度尼西亚、意大利、韩国、巴基斯坦、菲律宾、塞内加尔、泰国、英国、美国和越南。

【你每年从食盐中吃进2000粒塑料，这不是危言耸听】相关文章：

★ 哪些瓜果的皮能吃，但没人知道?

★ 如何再次爱上另一半

★ 过年剩菜剩饭多 怎么处理不浪费？

★ 英语故事：小偷 5

★ 注意力不集中？原来这是一种大脑的疾病

★ 又有5名女子指控川普性骚扰 丑闻持续升温！

★ 英语阅读中如何找出隐含的主旨

★ 你知道吗? 优步开始在全球推出送外卖服务了!

★ 丹麦生活方式hygge受全球追捧

★ 15种最棒的燃脂食物，越吃越瘦！赶快备起！