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Landmark study links microplastics to serious health problems
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Researchers found that patients with microplastic particles lodged in carotid artery plaque had significantly higher rates of heart attack, stroke, and death over a three-year follow-up period, providing some of the first direct clinical evidence linking microplastic accumulation to serious cardiovascular events.
People who had tiny plastic particles lodged in a key blood vessel were more likely to experience heart attack, stroke or death during a three-year study. People who had tiny plastic particles lodged in a key blood vessel were more likely to experience heart attack, stroke or death during a three-year study.
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