Mighty War Against the Pandemic of Plastic Consumption
Artist
Sonia Kiran
Description
This piece of art shows the accumulation of plastic particles within human cells. The potential health hazards of plastics in humans are largely unknown; however, they can certainly degrade into micro and nano sizes and enter the human body. This image was captured using a phase-contrast microscope and shows microplastics that are 1 µm in size having entered human neuron-like cells and surrounding the nucleus. This image speaks out loud that if we do not control our plastic consumption, the day is not far when humans will become "plastic humans."