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Is there actually evidence that these absorb from the skin? I am not eating them.

Granted, if one uses an indoor clothes dryer, some could disperse into the air which one can then breathe in.

I understand that our culture has done a major disservice to cotton.

Even if you do eat them, there's no evidence (or I suppose I should say no evidence yet) of microplastics being harmful when ingested. Nanoplastics, on the other hand, have been found to impact animal embryos and cells grown in labs.

A problem with microplastics is that they come bundled with numerous xenoestrogens and other harmful contaminants. This too is what makes them very harmful, especially when conceiving a child.

Citation.

And your statement should read, at most, "some come bundled with....".

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