Take-out coffee cups may be shedding trillions of plastic

New research shows that paper cup of joe you grab off the counter contains another ingredient, and it's one you might not want -- tiny plastic particles that leach into your hot java from the cup's plastic lining.

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One carryout coffee could expose you to 1,500 plastic particles •

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Drinking coffee in a takeaway cup just once a week exposes you to up to 90,000 plastic particles