New Delhi, June 5 -- Former Miss World, actress and environment crusader Dia Mirza Rekhi has urged global citizens to beat plastic pollution. While supporting the theme of World Environment Day 2025, she has highlighted the serious health impact of microplastics, and shares how giving up on plastic bottles a decade ago has helped her make a difference to the planet.

In a moving message posted on her Instagram page, Dia Mirza writes, "We are living through a crisis-not just of pollution, but of wasteful consumption. We take, we use, we throw away. And where does it all go? Into our oceans. Into the soil. Into the air we breathe. And now, into our own bodies. Microplastics have been found in blood, vital organs, breast milk, and unborn bab...