Twenty-four brain samples collected in early 2024 measured on average about 0.5% plastic by weight

Twenty-four brain samples collected in early 2024 measured on average about 0.5% plastic by weight

A growing body of scientific evidence shows that microplastics are accumulating in critical human organs, including the brain, leading researchers to call for more urgent actions to rein in plastic pollution.

Studies have detected tiny shards and specks of plastics in human lungs, placentas, reproductive organs, livers, kidneys, knee and elbow joints, blood vessels and bone marrow.

Given the research findings, “it is now imperative to declare a global emergency” to deal with plastic pollution, said Sedat Gündoğdu, who studies microplastics at Cukurova University in Turkey.

  • jpreston2005@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    28 days ago

    Alzheimers is thought to be caused in part by the buildup of amyloid plaques. That is, misfolded proteins (prions) and other bio gunk that clogs up synapses. Now with evidence showing microplastics are crossing the blood brain barrier, we can expect an exacerbation of alzheimers and it’s symptoms. More and more people will be wracked with dementia at increasingly earlier stages of life.

    we’re destroying ourselves and our environment at roughly the same rate, and if you’ve paid any attention to how the environment is doing, you’ll know that that rate is terrifying, and rising unabated.