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. š«£
MAIN TAKEAWAYS FROM THE ARTICLE:
ā Twenty-four brain samples collected in early 2024 measured on average about 0.5% plastic by weight. š¤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 GĆ¼ndoÄdu, who studies microplastics at Cukurova University in Turkey, āit is now imperative to declare a global emergencyā to deal with plastic pollution.
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