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Levels of microplastics in human brains may be rapidly rising

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Levels of microplastics in human brains may be rapidly rising

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Postby mtk62 » February 4th, 2025, 3:59 am

Levels of microplastics in human brains may be rapidly rising, study suggests


The exponential rise in microplastic pollution over the past 50 years may be reflected in increasing contamination in human brains, according to a new study.

It found a rising trend in micro- and nanoplastics in brain tissue from dozens of postmortems carried out between 1997 and 2024. The researchers also found the tiny particles in liver and kidney samples.

The human body is widely contaminated by microplastics. They have also been found in blood, semen, breast milk, placentas and bone marrow. The impact on human health is largely unknown, but they have been linked to strokes and heart attacks.


https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/03/levels-of-microplastics-in-human-brains-may-be-rapidly-rising-study-suggests

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Re: Levels of microplastics in human brains may be rapidly rising

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Postby 88V8 » February 4th, 2025, 9:28 am

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Levels of microplastics in human brains may be rapidly rising, study suggests
....

So this is how humankind will end.
Not with a bang, but with a Twix wrapper.

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Re: Levels of microplastics in human brains may be rapidly rising

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Postby mtk62 » February 12th, 2025, 5:15 am

Microplastics can block blood vessels in mice brains, researchers find

Microplastics can move through mice brains and block blood vessels, essentially mimicking blood clots that could potentially be fatal or otherwise disrupt brain function.

The findings are detailed in a peer-reviewed paper for which researchers for the first time used real-time imaging to track bits of plastic as they moved through and accumulated in brain blood vessels. When one piece of plastic got stuck, others accumulated behind it, like a “car crash”, the authors reported.

The authors then found decreased motor function in those mice exposed to microplastics, suggesting impacts on the brain. While mounting evidence has linked microplastics to neurotoxicity, the research is the first to suggest how – it probably reduces blood flow.


https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/11/microplastics-mice-brains

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Postby 88V8 » February 12th, 2025, 10:32 am

mtk62 wrote:Microplastics can block blood vessels in mice brains, researchers find

Microplastics can move through mice brains and block blood vessels, essentially mimicking blood clots that could potentially be fatal or otherwise disrupt brain function.....

There has to be some root cause behind the apparent huge rise in those regarded as having conditions such as ADHD, and the SENs who are bankrupting Councils. :?:

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Postby CliffEdge » February 12th, 2025, 11:39 am

I suspect this is why Fermi asked "Where is everybody?".

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Re: Levels of microplastics in human brains may be rapidly rising

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Postby CliffEdge » February 12th, 2025, 11:43 am

Plastic recycling is a lie.

Plastic should be burnt at end of useful life.


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