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Your brain is full of microplastics: are they harming you?
Plastics have infiltrated every recess of the planet, including your lungs, kidneys and other sensitive organs. Scientists ...
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You're Probably Eating a Credit Card's Worth of Plastic Each Week. Here's How to Minimize Exposure
Research shows people may be ingesting approximately 5 grams of plastic weekly. Try these easy swaps in your kitchen to ...
Plastic Straws Are Bad for Your Health. Here's Why
Forever chemicals "can disrupt hormones in your body and lead to problems, things like increased risk of breast cancer, ...
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Microplastics Build Up in Human Organs, Especially the Brain
New research uncovered an alarming accumulation of plastic particles in human brains, raising concerns about their potential ...
Health Rounds: Ingested plastic particles head for the brain
The tiny bits of plastic pollution that make their way from the environment into our bodies accumulate at much higher ...
What to Know About the History and Controversy Over Plastic and Paper Straws
Trump signed an Executive Order to end the use of paper straws. Here’s what to know about the history of plastic straws.
Human brain samples contained a spoon’s worth of nanoplastics, study says
Human brains today contain 50% more plastic than in 2016, a new study found. Brain of people diagnosed with dementia had the ...
Microplastics are making their way into the human brain at higher levels than previously recorded
The proportion of new schizophrenia cases linked to cannabis use has nearly tripled in almost two decades, increasing ...
More microplastics found in human brains
Tiny microplastics are making their way into the human brain, and new research suggests the problem is getting worse.
Our brains are filling with more and more microplastics, study shows
A new study shows that microplastics are making their way into our brains, and that their concentrations are rising.