# 3 surprising ways microplastics can enter your body

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: TED-Ed
- Year: 2026
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/ted_ed_3_surprising_ways_microplastics_can_enter_your_body)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Plastic is everywhere. It’s in our clothes, our food, the air we breathe. And plastic is now also in our bodies. Micro and nanoplastics generally enter our bodies in one of three ways: the air, our skin, and what we eat and drink. But how exactly do these microscopic particles affect our health? Dig into how they can interrupt your body’s processes, and how we can begin to fix our plastic problem. \[Directed by Vicente Nirõ, AIM Creative Studios, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by André Aires\].

## Lectures

1. [3 surprising ways microplastics can enter your body](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/ted_ed_3_surprising_ways_microplastics_can_enter_your_body/fb88673f977b), 6 min (TED's player)