“Highly processed protein products, such as breaded shrimp, fish sticks and chicken nuggets, appear to contain ‘significantly more’ microplastic particles per gram than certain minimally processed samples.” — The Washington Post
George was silent.
Lennie said, “George.”
“Yeah?”
“I ate another bad thing.”
“Lemme guess, chicken nuggets,” George said, and he fell silent again.
Only the topmost ridges of George’s phone were visible in his pocket now. The shadow of the Google alert he’d set for “microplastics” was blue-light filtered and soft. From the dimming screen was the statistic that the average American consumes 11,000 microplastics per year.
It was hopeless, the fickle pursuit of a holistic diet, and George knew it. Microplastics were everywhere.
Lennie said, “George.”
“Yeah?”
“Ain’t you gonna give me hell?”
“Give ya hell?”
