Tag: microplastics
Microplastics found in urinary tract linked to health risks
Microplastic bioaccumulation. Credit score: Journal of Publicity Science & Environmental Epidemiology (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41370-024-00709-3 A new study challenges a 2019…
Breathing could bring microplastics into the human brain, study shows
For the primary time, scientists have detected microscopic microplastics lodged within the human mind. Researchers in Germany and Brazil say…
Researchers find microplastics in canine and human testicular tissue
Credit score: Unsplash/CC0 Public Area College of New Mexico researchers have detected important concentrations of microplastics within the testicular tissue…
Microplastics make their way from the gut to other organs, researchers find
Visualization of systemic polystyrene microsphere translocation. Visualization of polystyrene microspheres resuspended from remoted pellet in 100% EtOH. The black arrow…
Rise of microplastics discovered in placentas of Hawaiʻi mothers
Identification of extracted MP by Raman spectroscopy analysis. Credit: Environment International (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.108220 A placenta (commonly known as the…