Homo Plasticus, l'invasion silencieuse des microplastiques

Nov 15, 2025

0h 57m

★ 9.0

Overview

Every day, we eat and breathe tiny plastic residues. What effects does this insidious contamination have on our bodies? Rigorous and lucid, this scientific investigation gathers the most recent discoveries and sounds the alarm.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Découpages

ARTE

Région Occitanie

Région Pyrénées-Méditerranée

Angoa-Agicoa

PROCIREP

CNC

Toulouse Métropole

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Cast

Narrator (voice over)

Alexandre Dima

Self : Comedian

Fabrizio Rosselli

Self : Comedian

Sodadeth San

Self : Child comedian

Merlin Farrugia

Self : Scientist

Alba Hernandez

Self : Scientist

Antonio Ragusa

Self : Scientist

Carlos Baeza

Self : Scientist

Elora Fournier

Self : Scientist

Fabienne Lagarde

Self : Scientist

Margherita Ferrante

Self : Scientist

Nelly Saenen

Self : Scientist

Philipp Schwabi

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