microplastics, Brain

Brain tissue may contain higher amounts of microplastics than other organs: Study
A new study found that the brain may contain higher levels of microplastics, equivalent to the amount found in a standard plastic spoon, than other organs in the body
Your brain is full of microplastics: are they harming you?
Plastics have infiltrated every recess of the planet, including your lungs, kidneys and other sensitive organs. Scientists are scrambling to understand their effects on health.
Breathing may introduce microplastics to the brain – new study
The olfactory nerves run from the inside of the nose, through the skull, and then directly into part of the brain called the olfactory bulb. The researchers suggest that microparticles breathed into the nose may somehow get transported along the olfactory nerves and into the brain.
More and more microplastics are ending up in our brains, study shows
More and more microplastics, released by everyday objects like water bottles and plastic bowls, are being found in the human body - above all in one particular organ. New research on dead bodies shows just how much is in our brains.
The Human Brain May Have More Microplastics Than Other Organs.
A new study published in ‘Nature Medicine’ has found that the human brain contains significantly higher levels of microplastics compared to other organs. Researchers analyzed brain, liver, and kidney samples from 47 cadavers,
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You might have a spoon's worth of microplastics - in your brain.
As plastic breaks down over time, it degrades into smaller and smaller bits ‒ eventually small enough to slip inside the human body. Most of the plastics the scientists found in brain ...
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Human brain samples contain an entire spoon’s worth of nanoplastics, study says
because the minuscule pieces can take up residence inside individual cells. “Somehow these nanoplastics hijack their way through the body and get to the brain, crossing the blood-brain barrier ...
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Have Nanoplastics Made It To Our Brain? Here's What Scientists Have Found...
How much of our brain is normal, and what percentage of it is plastic? Scientists made this alarming discovery that should ...
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Study uses clues from body to understand signaling in brain
Our biceps and brain cells might have more in common than we believed. According to a new study from the Lippincott-Schwartz ...
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As global plastic production grows, so does the concentration of microplastics in our brains
They found that the concentrations of particles in kidney and liver samples were comparable, with an average of 433 ...
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Research shows major causes of Parkinson’s disease and dementia
Parkinson’s disease is a brain disorder that affects movement, making everyday tasks difficult for nearly one million people ...
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More microplastics found in human brains
Once inside, it's unclear whether the body ... and kidneys could possibly help flush out plastics from the body, but whether the brain has the same ability is unknown. While plastic is ...