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Human Brain May Have More Microplastics Than Other Organs.

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.

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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

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Alarming levels of microplastics found in human brains

A new study finds that microplastics and nanoplastics accumulate at higher levels in the brain than in the liver and kidney.

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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.

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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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Your brain ‘washes’ itself at night. Sleep aids may get in the way.

Your brain’s natural rinse cycle flows while you sleep. A new study suggests certain medications interfere with that ...

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Human brain samples contain an entire spoon’s worth of nanoplastics, study says

Cognitively normal human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards of plastic than ...

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Your brain is rapidly accumulating microplastics. Doctors flag ‘severe’ implications

Study by US scientists, published in the journal Nature Medicine, also found that dementia patients had up to 10 times as much plastic accumulation in their brains as everyone else.

Disturbing Discovery: Human Brains Are Filling Up With Microplastics, and It May Be Causing Dementia

Microplastics are accumulating in human brains at alarming rates, with concentrations rising 50% in the past eight years.

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You might have a spoon's worth of microplastics - in your brain.

New study shows plastic accumulates in the brain, as well as other body parts. Scientists don't know what impact it has if any.

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Researchers found a spoon's worth of nanoplastics in human brains — the latest evidence that plastic is accumulating in our bodies

Researchers studied samples of human brains and found high levels of microplastics, but it's unclear how they slip past the ...

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