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25-03-2022, 01:56 AM
[Dutch scientists found 17 of 22 volunteers,
or 77%, had "quantifiable" microplastics in their blood.
Levels were low, at an average of 1.6 micrograms
(1.6 millionths of a gram) in every millilitre of blood.
But the mere presence of microplastics - fragments of
everyday items - in the bloodstream is highly significant.]
[The most common detected plastic was PET,
which is used to make drinks bottles.]
[They describe the plastic fragments as
"ubiquitous pollutants in the living
environment and food chain".
But no previous study has been
able to detect them in the blood.]
https://news.sky.com/story/microplastics-found-in-human-blood-for-first-time-after-scientists-make-concerning-finding-12574356
or 77%, had "quantifiable" microplastics in their blood.
Levels were low, at an average of 1.6 micrograms
(1.6 millionths of a gram) in every millilitre of blood.
But the mere presence of microplastics - fragments of
everyday items - in the bloodstream is highly significant.]
[The most common detected plastic was PET,
which is used to make drinks bottles.]
[They describe the plastic fragments as
"ubiquitous pollutants in the living
environment and food chain".
But no previous study has been
able to detect them in the blood.]
https://news.sky.com/story/microplastics-found-in-human-blood-for-first-time-after-scientists-make-concerning-finding-12574356