Alarming Discovery: Microplastics Detected in Human Brain Tissue
- IndiaGlitz, [Friday,August 23 2024]
Finding microplastics in human brain tissue has researchers alerting others to call for quick worldwide action to fight plastic pollution. Found in the air, water, soil, even human organs, these little plastic particles are raising major environmental and human health issues.
A research by *The Guardian* claims that microplastics have been found in vital organs including the lungs, placentas, reproductive systems, livers, and now the brain. Experts are calling for more aggressive action to solve this situation given the growing proof of microplastics gathering in such important places.
Emphasizing the immediate necessity to lower plastic pollution, microplastics researcher Sedat Gundogdu of Cukurova University in Turkey has demanded a worldwide emergency to be announced.
Currently under peer review and presented by the National Institutes of Health, the study revealed that early 2024 brain samples had an average 0.5% plastic by weight. Lead author and toxicologist Matthew Campen of the University of New Mexico voiced his worries, saying, It's very concerning. Our brains include far more plastic than I would have ever been comfortable with or imagined.
Defined as particles less than five millimeters, microplastics abound in the surroundings and find their way into the body via food, water, and air. Particularly concerning is the accumulation in the brain, which drives researchers to call for immediate worldwide response against plastic pollution.
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