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Your brain is full of microplastics: are they harming you?
Summary
Researchers and science journalists report that microplastics have been detected in the human brain, lungs, kidneys, and other organs, noting that scientists are urgently studying what health effects these particles may cause, though the full consequences of internal microplastic accumulation remain poorly understood.
Plastics have infiltrated every recess of the planet, including your lungs, kidneys and other sensitive organs. Scientists are scrambling to understand their effects on health. Plastics have infiltrated every recess of the planet, including your lungs, kidneys and other sensitive organs. Scientists are scrambling to understand their effects on health.