🧫 You’re Breathing Microplastics — Here’s What You Can Do About It

Humans breathe in the equivalent of a credit card’s worth of microplastics every single week.

And that’s on top of what we ingest in food and water.

What is a microplastic?

Microplastics are plastic particles smaller than 5 millimeters — and often much smaller, down to nanometers in size. They’re created when larger plastic products break down over time through wear, UV exposure, friction, and environmental degradation.

They’re now ubiquitous: found in oceans, drinking water, food, soil, and increasingly — the air we breathe.

A 2024 systematic review published in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology explains:

“Plastics break down into smaller pieces, a process called fragmentation… microplastics have been found in water and soil, and recent research is exposing the vast amount of them in ambient and indoor air.”
— Eberhard et al., 2024

🌫️ Where Do Airborne Microplastics Come From?

• Clothing and textiles (like polyester, nylon, fleece) shed microfibers during the wear, washing and dryer  

• Car tires degrade as we drive, spewing microplastic dust into the air.

• Packaging, plastic flooring, and even some furniture release particles over time.

• HVAC systems can circulate these particles indoors, and urban areas can stir them up outdoors.

In fact, indoor spaces can be worse:

“Indoor average exposures are higher for all age groups compared with outdoor doses.”
— Eberhard et al., 2024

These particles — some smaller than a single micron — are easily inhaled. And because plastic is not biodegradable, some particles may remain in the body or even enter the bloodstream.

Researchers have found microplastics in human lung tissue, and early studies suggest that inhalation could contribute to inflammation, immune disruption, and hormone imbalance.

“Microplastics can be transported throughout the body depending on size and may end up in various organs.”
— Eberhard et al., 2024

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Proof That They're in the Air — and We're Inhaling Them

The 2024 study by Eberhard et al. is the first known systematic review quantifying airborne microplastic exposure across different age groups and indoor/outdoor environments.

It concluded that:

• Infants have the highest exposure levels

• Indoor exposure far exceeds outdoor exposure

• Even remote areas (like mountaintops and farmland) show traces of airborne microplastics, suggesting long-distance atmospheric transport

• Microplastics have been found on rooftops, in schools, hospitals, and homes

But while studies like these confirm the problem, there’s currently no standardized test to determine if an air purifier can actually remove microplastic particles.

🧪 What Can You Do About It?

Here’s the challenge: Most home air purifiers are designed to trap dust, pollen, and smoke — all of which are larger than many airborne microplastics.

We recently decided to conduct a new lab test to quantify just how effective Jaspr is at scrubbing the air of microplastic-sized particles.

🔬 Why a Latex Bead Test?

Latex beads are commonly used in scientific studies because they behave similarly to ultrafine pollutants, allowing researchers to track their movement and removal with precision.

Independently lab tested by LMS Technologies on fine particles, using test particles in the microplastic size range.

Here’s what the Jaspr Air Scrubber achieved in the test chamber:

That’s ultrafine filtration well beyond what most consumer air purifiers are designed to handle.

Jaspr was designed differently — to protect against what you can’t see.

👉 [Click here to read the full lab study report] 

🛡️ Why This Matters

Most air products focus on what we can see and measure — like dust and pollen.
But the real danger is what we can’t see: smoke, smog, chemical off-gassing, and now, plastic particles hanging in the air of our homes.

This study confirms that the Jaspr Air Scrubber removes those particles with power and precision — including the most concerning class of invisible indoor pollutants: microplastics.

✨ Final Thoughts: Breathe Cleaner, Plastic-Free Air

We can’t control every source of plastic in the world.
But we can take back the air we breathe inside our own homes.

Whether you’re concerned about wildfire smoke, urban smog, or the plastic dust you didn’t even know was in your living room, the Jaspr Air Scrubber is equipped — and tested — to take care of it.

Because when you don't filter your air, your lungs are the filter.