“Our study suggests the blood-brain barrier was impaired, allowing microplastics and other particles to pass through,” Sedat Gundogdu, one of the researchers, tells Fortune. Microparticles at “not high doses” in mice have been observed to both cross this barrier and induce behavioral changes ...
“Our study is the first indication that we have polymer particles in our blood – it’s a breakthrough result,” says study author Dick Vethaak, an ecotoxicologist at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands, to theGuardian’s Damian Carrington. “But we have to extend the research a...
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Microplastics(微塑料) have been found in our water, food, and the air we breathe, according to a 2021 scientific report. Just a year later,another study found microplastics in the human bloodstream. I Now, for the first time microplastics have been discovered in the human heart. A team of...
Plastic particles were found in 17 of the participants. According to Professor Dick Vethaak, an ecotoxicologist from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the effects of the plastic particles in the bloodstream are still unknown. “We still have to understand …what happens...
The thought of particles in our blood is shocking news and I was surprised, as you probably were. So, I checked the scientific literature to see whether this is in fact new. It turns out that already 20 years ago, scientists had proven that fine particles we breathe can enter the bloodst...
“There is plastic circulating in our bodies,” Vethaak said. “Are they excreted? What is the fraction excreted? Are they stuck somewhere in the system? Do they accumulate in certain organs? Do they pass the blood brain barrier or the placenta?” ...
Extremely small pieces of plastic called microplastics are in the ocean and the air, as well as in our food and water. Scientific study has discovered microplastics in human body tissues also, including the heart, liver and kidneys. 极其微小的塑料碎片,被称为微塑料,存在于海洋和空气中,以及我们的...
A. Plastic particles in human blood is a new scientific discovery. B. Plastic particles in the blood have done damage to our health. C. It is still unknown about the effects of plastic particles in the blood. D. Vethaak is afraid that the plastic particles in his blood may make him il...
whichisusedtoproduceplasticbags,wasfoundinaquarterofthebloodsamples.Researchersevenfoundtwoorthreedifferenttypesofplasticatthesametimeinsomeofthebloodsamples.(半数样本中含有 PET 塑料,这种塑料常用于饮料瓶;三分之一的样本中含有 PS 塑料,这种塑料常用于食品和其他产品的包装;四分之一的血液样本中含有 PE 塑料,...