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PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to Climate Crisis, Biosphere & Societal Collapse@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 5 months ago

A dramatic rise in microplastics found in human brains, study finds

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PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to Climate Crisis, Biosphere & Societal Collapse@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 5 months ago
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A new study has found a dramatic increase in levels of microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) in human brains in recent years. MNPs have previously been detected in human lungs, intestine, bone marrow and placenta. In the new study, researchers took one tissue sample from the brain, kidney and liver of 80 people autopsied in 2016 […]
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    and this trash food has more microplastics in it

    It’s not just in it, it’s the packaging too, and it’s the fat content, because fat usually helps with moving that plastic (and many other things). Packaging also refers to the containers used for food delivery.

    from this paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165993623000808

    If you’re only focusing on “processed foods”, you’re missing the bigger problem.

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