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Therapeutic apheresis: A promising method to remove microplastics?
Summary
Researchers report the first evidence that therapeutic apheresis—an established extracorporeal blood-cleaning procedure—can physically remove microplastics and nanoplastics from human blood, suggesting a potential clinical method to reduce body burden of plastic particles.
Microplastics and nanoplastics have emerged as a major and growing health concern, with recent data revealing alarming levels of human exposure and contamination. Thus, there is a clear and urgent need for an effective method to remove microplastics and nanoplastics from the human body. Here, we provide the first evidence that extracorporeal apheresis, a therapeutic technique established around the world, may have the potential to achieve this goal.