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The mysterious danger of microplastics

2023
Kornelia Kadac-Czapska, Małgorzata Grembecka

Summary

This article explores the growing urgency to understand the health effects of microplastics, noting they have been detected in human bloodstreams and that scientists are intensifying efforts to uncover the full consequences of widespread plastic contamination.

There’s a lot to learn about the health effects of microplastics, but as humans consume more of it there is intensifying urgency to uncover the full picture. It’s enough to make you sick. Plastic waste is everywhere, littering our streets, waterways and beaches. Now it’s showing up in our bloodstream, in the form of microplastics […]

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