Readers weigh in on microplastics

Elizabeth Ko, M.D.
Elizabeth Ko, M.D.

Hello, dear readers! Welcome to the monthly letters column. We have some interesting and important ground to cover, so we’ll dive right in.

– A recent two-part column about the growing awareness of the health risks of microplastics has begun to generate letters. Among them is a correction from an eagle-eyed reader in Texas. “You left out the word ‘million’ when stating the amount of microplastics i…