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Humans are exposed to toxic chemicals and microplastics at all stages in the plastics life cycle. Microplastics effects on human health are of growing concern and an area of research. The tiny particles known as microplastics (MPs), have been found in various environmental and biological matrices, including air, water, food, and human tissues.
Microplastics have been found in the ocean and the air, in our food and water. Dr. Marya Zlatnik, a San Francisco-based obstetrician who has studied environmental toxins and pregnancy, has seen ...
Microplastics that have been found in human organs have “alarming links” to adverse health impacts, including lesions, cervical cancer, and other diseases, researchers suggest.. The plastic ...
Human cells exposed to microplastic particles in lab testing have shown evidence of cell damage and death, says Erica Cirino, author of the book Thicker Than Water: The Quest for Solutions to the ...
As of 2022 and 2023, the quantities of microplastic entering the human body from the environment were still not well understood, [220] as was the potential risks of microplastic to human health; the field is difficult to research because of the potentially long time between exposure to the contaminant and any associated health effect becoming ...
Microplastics are common in people’s everyday environments, and research is ongoing on microplastics in the human body. Recent study findings revealed that microplastics can be present in the ...
Likewise, humans are also susceptible to microplastic consumption. People who eat seafood also eat some of the microplastics that were ingested by marine life. Oysters and clams are popular vehicles for human microplastic consumption. [180] Animals who are within the general vicinity of the water are also affected by the plastic in the ocean.
People with nanoplastics in their arteries were twice as likely to have a heart attack, stroke or die early from any cause, a new study found. ... “To help reduce new sources of microplastic in ...