Both the European Commission’s Science Advice for Policy organ, SAPEA, and the World Health Organization (WHO) launched reports (SAPEA, 2019; World Health Organization, 2019) stating that very little published data is available regarding either exposure to, or the toxicity of microplastics and nanoplastics in humans. The reports acknowledge the current challenges facing scientists attempting to gather robust information and recommend proceeding to fill knowledge gaps. The SAPEA report states on p. 116 that ‘the absence of evidence of microplastics risks currently does not allow one to conclude that risk is either present or absent with sufficient certainty’(SAPEA, 2019). In this absence of evidence, it is then surprising to find statements on SAPEA’s homepage that the final ‘verdict’of SAPEA’s Evidence Review Report is that