You Might Have Plastic in Your Brain. Don’t Panic — Yet.
In the most extreme case, the researchers estimated the brain was 0.48% plastic, meaning the particles added up to a couple ...
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Celebrating Black Heritage: Surgeon making clients look '15-20 years younger'
Fewer than 4% of plastic surgeons in the U.S. are Black. Dr. Carl Truesdale helps his many patients look "15-20 years younger ...
Agency focusing on teaching needed life skills
Patrons at Pivotal Point are spending time learning about important life skills to get back on their feet. Learning basic needs like cooking a meal is important for positive development, said Pivotal ...
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Study reveals alarming accumulation of microplastics in human brains, especially in dementia patients, raising health concerns.
Plastic pollution now a human health crisis, study warns of brain impact. “This really changes the landscape. It makes it so much more personal,” says lead researcher Matthew Campen ...
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Ingested plastic particles head for the brain
Bengaluru: The tiny bits of plastic pollution that make their way from the environment into our bodies accumulate at much higher concentrations in the human brain than in other organs, a new study ...
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Your brain may contain as much plastic as five paper clips — Here’s what that means
Brain samples from individuals with dementia contained up to ten times more plastic than those without the condition, though researchers emphasize they cannot yet determine if microplastics ...
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More microplastics found in human brains
Advertisement Researchers say the amount of plastic in the brain has increased by about 50% -- the equivalent of an entire plastic spoon in weight. "Compared to autopsy brain samples from 2016 ...
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People have more plastic particles in their bodies
More and more tiny plastic particles are accumulating in the body's tissues. The load in the brain is particularly high, as a study by the University of New Mexico (USA) has now shown ...
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The Human Brain May Contain as Much as a Spoon’s Worth of Microplastics, New Research Suggests
“I have yet to encounter a single human being who says, ‘There’s a bunch of plastic in my brain and I’m totally cool with that,’” says study co-author Matthew Campen, a toxicologist at ...
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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 examined 52 brain samples from autopsies and found they contained seven to 30 times more microplastics and nanoplastics than the kidney and liver samples. The amount of plastic the ...
Los Angeles Times17d
As global plastic production grows, so does the concentration of microplastics in our brains
New research shows that the concentration of microplastics in our bodies has grown as global plastic production has increased The study looked at brain, liver and kidney tissue from cadavers The ...
USA Today17d
You might have a spoon's worth of microplastics - in your brain.
The average brain may contain a spoonful of plastic, a new study suggests. The number of tiny bits of plastic found in human brains increased dramatically between 2016 and 2024, with the highest ...