Neo-natal nanoplastics

Since the birth of the plastic industry in the 1950s, an uncountable amount of waste plastic has found its way into our ecosystems, our food, the air that we breathe and our very flesh and blood. 

Though there is debate over whether plastic itself causes harm, it does serve as a vessel for other toxics to hold onto.

Created in-house with production company Fledge and directed by Maria Leon, the campaign, Life is Plastic, for NGO Plastic Soup Foundation raises the alarming issue of the prevalence of nanoplastics – particles that are much smaller than microplastics and are invisible to the human eye. 

Leon commented: ‘The fact that human life comes into contact with nanoplastics before even being born, was one of the more unsettling things I recently learned. Telling the story of this discovery is our attempt to highlight the massive impact of the human invention of plastic.’