21 Oct 2020

Babies consuming large amounts of microplastics via bottles - study

From Morning Report, 8:30 am on 21 October 2020

Babies are consuming large amounts of microplastics through drinking from bottles, according to new research.

High heats used to sterilise bottles significantly increases microplastic release.

Professor John Boland, at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland, is a co-author of the study looking at microplastics.

He speaks to Corin Dann.