In countless products we use every day, such as glasses, plastic bottles, forks, spoons, containers made of artificial foam, storage containers, toys, stationery products; It contains substances such as bisphenol A, phthalates, azo dyes, heavy metals, and penetrates food and liquids at high temperatures. These items are; triode reduces the production of growth hormone, estrogen and testosterone hormones. These raw materials in plastics cause obesity, diabetes, asthma, cardiovascular diseases and liver damage. It increases the risk of breast and prostate cancer. Microplastic, which were first defined as plastics smaller than 5 mm, defined by Thompson in 2004, continue to affect our lives every day. The sources of microplastics are quite numerous and diverse. The first thing that comes to our minds is the products such as shampoos, toothpastes, sun creams, face cleaning that we use as personal care and cosmetics. Later, microplastic may consist of sources such as fluids in special medical applications, oil and gas research, plastic industry, plastic containers used in homes, synthetic textile products, plastic wastes. Microplastics can pass into our bodies from the water we eat, sea and other food products we eat, skin contact or respiratory tract. According to scientific articles; Microplastic was detected in the lungs, human blood and feces and placements of infants. Sharme and Chatterje explained a shocking result in their 2017 work. When microplastic is taken into the body, they reported that they could create mutations in human chromosomes that may cause infertility, obesity and even cancer. In the other study, studies in which immune release was induced in cells interacting with plastic parts and inflammation occurred in parallel. In another study, it was stated that microplastic may interact with different organisms after translocation and may cause inflammation due to very small dimensions. Microplastic may accumulate on the skin and cause some dermal problems. In addition, it may cause some inflammation in our lungs by respiratory tract from the atmosphere. In addition, microoplastic can create microbial life with microorganisms that may enter the body, disrupt the hormonal structure, affect the deterioration of brain development and cause problems in sexual development. In this section, the effects of microplastic on environment and human health are examined and solutions are presented.
