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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 study adds to a growing body of research that finds microplastics and chemicals found in plastic may interfere with heart health. ... use of plastic products causes ... and be harmful. But ...
The patients with the plastics had more heart disease, diabetes and high cholesterol than the patients without plastics. They were more likely to be men and more likely to be smokers.
According to the directive, there is a ban on plastic cotton buds and balloon sticks, plastic plates, cutlery, stirrers and straws, Styrofoam drinks and food packaging (e.g. disposable cups and one-person meals), products made of oxo-degradable plastic, which degrade into microplastics, while cigarette filters, drinking cups, wet wipes ...
Cardiovascular health may be further endangered by microplastic particles that find their way into human blood, a new study suggests. Tiny plastic particles in human blood could pose risk to heart ...
They are blended within the plastic article as a result of the manufacturing process. [31] Because they are not chemically bonded to the host plastics, phthalates are released from the plastic article by relatively gentle means. For example, they can be extracted by extraction with organic solvents and, to some extent, by handling. [citation ...
Globally, about two million plastic bags are used per minute with an average total time use of 12 minutes, and about a million plastic bottles are purchased each minute. Only about 9% of plastic ...
A 2009 Health Canada study found that the majority of canned soft drinks it tested had low, but measurable levels of bisphenol A. [175] A study conducted by the University of Texas School of Public Health in 2010 found BPA in 63 of 105 samples of fresh and canned foods, including fresh turkey sold in plastic packaging and canned infant formula ...