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Particulate Matters, Microplastics, and Mitochondrial Health
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Researchers examining how environmental particulate matter and microplastics affect human health found that these diverse airborne pollutants penetrate biological barriers and impair mitochondrial function, linking exposure to a range of serious metabolic and cellular disorders.
Environmental pollutants affecting human health have been a grave concern. Particulate matter is a most ubiquitous air pollutant with serious consequences to health. With their diversity in chemical composition, these minute pollutants are difficult to track and...
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