Levels of microplastics in human brains may be rapidly rising, study suggests

"The exponential rise in microplastic pollution over the past 50 years may be reflected in increasing contamination in human brains, according to a new study."

"The human body is widely contaminated by microplastics. They have also been found in blood, semen, breast milk, placentas and bone marrow. The impact on human health is largely unknown, but they have been linked to strokes and heart attacks".
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Levels of microplastics in human brains may be rapidly rising, study suggests

Research looking at tissue from postmortems between 1997 and 2024 finds upward trend in contamination

The Guardian