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And they get into our bodies through both ingestion and inhalation.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

That capability opens the door to tracking the full life cycle of microplastics, from ingestion and internal transport to transformation and final breakdown.

From Science Daily Feb. 13, 2026

The bigger concern is ingestion, as the fog covers plants or open water cisterns, he said.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 20, 2025

"This case highlights not only the dangers of magnet ingestion but also the dangers of the online marketplace for our paediatric population," said the authors of the paper, Binura Lekamalage, Lucinda Duncan-Were and Nicola Davis.

From Barron's Oct. 24, 2025

Flouting the rule against the ingestion of anything while inside a house, I take it, leaving an inch undrunk to avoid the awkwardness of a possible refill offer.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich




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