7,000 Microplastics Studies Show We Have One Really Big Problem
WEB1 day ago · As equipment has advanced, scientists have identified smaller particles. They've found microplastics in our lungs, livers, kidneys, blood and reproductive organs. Microplastics have crossed protective barriers into our brains and hearts.
Landmark study links microplastics to serious health problems
WEBMar 6, 2024 · Scientists have found microplastics just about everywhere they’ve looked: in oceans; in shellfish; in breast milk; in drinking water; wafting in the air; and falling with rain.
Microplastics: Meant to last, just not forever and not in our bodies
WEB2 days ago · What are microplastics? Given their name, they are micro-sized bits of plastic. There are even smaller nanoplastics that are below that (.5 mm in diameter) threshold (about the size of a grain of...
Rutgers researches health impacts of microplastics - WHYY
WEB1 day ago · Rutgers University has received a $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the health impacts associated with exposure to microplastics and nanoplastics. When plastics, such as water bottles, degrade into tiny particles, they pollute the air, food and water.
Scientists reviewed 7,000 studies on microplastics. Their alarming ...
WEB2 days ago · They’ve found microplastics in our lungs, livers, kidneys, blood and reproductive organs. Microplastics have crossed protective barriers into our brains and hearts.
Researchers find a massive number of plastic particles in bottled …
WEBJan 10, 2024 · Microplastics have already been found in people's lungs, their excrement, their blood and in placentas, among other places. A 2018 study found an average of 325 pieces of microplastics in a...
Microplastics can get into brain tissue, study shows - NBC News
WEB5 days ago · Scientists in Brazil found microplastics in the brain tissue of cadavers, according to a new study published Monday in the journal JAMA Network Open. Mounting research over the last few years has...
Microplastics Are a Big Problem, a New Film Warns - The New York Times
WEBMar 9, 2024 · Microplastics Are a Big Problem, a New Film Warns. At SXSW, a documentary traces the arc of plastics in our lives, and highlights evolving research of the potential harm of its presence in our ...
Microplastics: The long legacy left behind by plastic pollution
WEBApr 28, 2023 · One of the most damaging and long-lived legacies of the plastic pollution crisis is microplastics, a growing threat to human and planetary health. These tiny plastic particles are present in everyday items, including cigarettes, clothing and cosmetics.
A new study has linked microplastics to heart attacks ... - Science News
WEBApr 2, 2024 · Patients with microplastics in their arteries were 4.5 times more likely to have a heart attack, stroke or die within the next three years.