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Most of it is in meat and we can survive without eating meat.
Nope:
it's in the fruits and vegetables
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935120305703
Even SALT
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9813175/
The first link refers to a study that only researched veggies and fruits.
If you seach for "what food has the most microplstics" the answer is still meat (fish to be exact). Downvoting doesn't change reality.
You're missing the forest for the trees.
https://oceanconservancy.org/news/its-not-just-seafood-new-study-finds-microplastics-in-nearly-90-of-proteins-sampled-including-plant-based-meat-alternatives/
“And there’s no escaping them no matter what you eat, it seems."