A new study shows that microplastics are making their way into human brains — with potentially dangerous effects on people’s health and mental acuity. A paper published Monday in Nature ...

Human brains contain higher concentrations of microplastics than other organs, according to a new study, and the amount appears to be increasing over time. In the study, published Monday in the ...

A new study finds that microplastics and nanoplastics accumulate at higher levels in the brain than in the liver and kidney. A colorized computed tomography (CT) scan of the brain revealing blood ...

Cognitively normal human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards of plastic than samples collected eight years prior, according to a new study. Overall ...

TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Tiny microplastics are making their way into the human brain, and new research suggests the problem is getting worse. The new study, published Feb. 3 in ...

New research shows that the concentration of microplastics in our bodies has grown as global plastic production has increased The study looked at brain, liver and kidney tissue from cadavers The ...

Now a new study has found that the amount of these in human brains is much higher.The study has been published in Nature Medicine, written by UNM Health Sciences toxicologist Matthew Campen and ...

Jan. 28, 2025 — A new study shows that asymptomatic brain metastasis is more common in stage 4 breast cancer patients than previously believed. The study suggests that doctors may need to ...

Researchers conducted a study on brain samples that had higher amounts of microplastics. The team determined that the particles grew by 50% in the brain in the last eight years. Scientists ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Human brain tissues analysed last year had much higher levels of tiny plastic particles than samples from ...