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Gut & Microbiome
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Microplastics in your diet: Complementary in vitro gut and epithelium models to understand their fate in the human digestive tract.
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
2020
E Fournier,
Lucie Etienne Mesmin,
Muriel Mercier‐Bonin,
Stéphanie Blanquet‐Diot
Summary
Scientists used lab-grown models of the human gut to study what happens to microplastics after we eat or drink them. This research helps us understand whether these tiny plastic particles get absorbed into our bodies or simply pass through, which is an important step in figuring out if microplastics in our food and water pose a real health risk. While this specific study doesn't yet tell us microplastics are dangerous, it builds the tools needed to answer that question in the future.
Body Systems
Study Type
In vitro
International audience