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Nanoplastics
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Microplastics and nanoplastics have been found throughout the human body – how worried should we be?
2024
Michael Richardson,
Michael Richardson,
Meiru Wang
Summary
Researchers reviewing the latest evidence note that nanoplastics have been detected in human brain, lungs, arteries, semen, and placenta, raising urgent questions about health risks, though the full extent of harm from these body-wide accumulations remains poorly understood.
Body Systems
Nanoplastics have been found in the brain, lungs, arteries, semen and placenta. But the harms are still unknown.