Effects of microplastics on animal and human health

Compose a 1000-word essay in APA citation style (you may use MLA if you are an English major) that presents and then attempts to answer your research question. My research question is: What effects do microplastics have on animal and human health? You must use a minimum of five cited sources. Three must be from peer-reviewed academic journals. Popular sources, including magazine articles, newspapers, secondary scholarly summaries of topics, or government or institutional literature may be allowed if deemed appropriate as per the lessons on source evaluation and rhetorical needs of the paper. Cite your sources on a standard format APA reference page. If you are an English major, MLA will be allowed with permission from instructor. Submit your essay as a Word document, .pdf file, or a .rtf only. Please do not use Pages or any type of image file.