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Matthew Campen, a Toxicologist at the University of New Mexico on Microplastics: «Sincerely, I Don’t Have Any Fun Having that Amount of Plastic on My Head»
We already knew that microplastics were everywhere: in the water we drink, in the air we breathe and in the food. They had even been detected in organs such as the liver, kidneys or placenta. However, the latest discovery of science goes one step further and is very disturbing: these particles are also accumulating in our brain, and in concentrations higher than in any other body tissue. The study, published in Nature Medicine and directed by re…
We already knew that microplastics were everywhere: in the water we drink, in the air we breathe and in the food. They had even been detected in organs such as the liver, kidneys or placenta. However, the latest discovery of science goes one step further and is very disturbing: these particles are also accumulating in our brain, and in concentrations higher than in any other body tissue. The study, published in Nature Medicine and directed by re…