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Your brain could be 0.5% plastic


Research in the effects of microplastics on human health is evergoing and not a month passes without a new finding in this field. But this week an article was published in The Guardian about microplastics in the human brain that has left us speechless. šŸ«£

MAIN TAKEAWAYS FROM THE ARTICLE:

ā— Twenty-four brain samples collected in early 2024 measured on average about 0.5% plastic by weight. šŸ¤Æ

ā— Brain samples contain 10 to 20 times more microplastics than other organs, making the brain one of the most plastic-polluted tissues yet sampled. 

ā— Brains of people that had Alzheimers disease contained up to 10 times more plastic by weight than healthy samples.

ā— The quantity of microplastics in brain samples from 2024 was about 50% higher from the total in samples that date to 2016, suggesting the concentration of microplastics found in human brains is rising at a similar rate to that found in the environment.

Studies have detected microplastics practically everywhere in the human body: brains, lungs, placentas, reproductive organs, livers, kidneys, knee and elbow joints, blood vessels and bone marrow.

Studies have detected microplastics practically everywhere in the human body: brains, lungs, placentas, reproductive organs, livers, kidneys, knee and elbow joints, blood vessels and bone marrow.

According to Sedat GĆ¼ndoğdu, who studies microplastics at Cukurova University in Turkey, ā€œit is now imperative to declare a global emergencyā€ to deal with plastic pollution.

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DuŔan Matičič
DuŔan Matičič

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