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Humans are exposed to toxic chemicals and microplastics at all stages in the plastics life cycle. The effects of microplastics on human health are a growing concern and an actively increasing area of research. Tiny particles known as microplastics (MPs), have been found in various environmental and biological matrices, including air, water ...
The brain may contain higher -- and more significant -- amounts of microplastics than other organs in the body, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of New Mexico Health ...
In Ross’ research in mice, for example, the scientists used plastic particles that were “clean,” meaning that they did not have any of the known toxic chemicals found in many plastics and ...
"The lung's immune cells hate it and they try to clear it out," Miller said. "Then you get an inflammatory response." The same could be true of micro- and nanoplastic particles.
Microplastics can be removed from water by filtration or absorption. Absorption devices include sponges made of cotton and squid bones. [6] Biochar filtration has been used in wastewater treatment plants. [7] Efforts to physically remove microplastics from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch have used nets and collection bags. [8]
Research on microplastics in the body is still new, and whether these microscopic bits of plastic can pass through the blood-brain barrier in humans is still a big question.
For example, microplastics can be found on sandy beaches [145] and surface waters [146] as well as in the water column and deep sea sediment. Microplastics are also found within the many other types of marine particles such as dead biological material (tissue and shells) and some soil particles (blown in by wind and carried to the ocean by rivers).
Scientists have found microplastics deep in people’s lungs and even bloodstreams. Experts say more research is needed to understand the health consequences. Scientists know microplastics are in ...