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Topic: Microplastics found in human blood

Microplastics found in human blood for first time after scientists make 'concerning finding'

https://news.sky.com/story/microplastic … g-12574356

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Re: Microplastics found in human blood

Wow. (Too) interesting!

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Re: Microplastics found in human blood

I am wondering: if it gets in there, does it ever get out, going out of the body in the human waste, or does it accumulate?

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William wrote:

if it gets in there

That doesn’t seem to be an “if”, now!

does it ever get out … ?

A good question, but perhaps not easily answered unless the test subjects are willing to participate in a long-term study.

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Re: Microplastics found in human blood

does it ever get out … ?

If it stays in, and I'm sure most does, where does it go.
Put another way, are the particles coarse enough to lodge in a blood capillary, blocking it?
It could cause a stroke in the brain, or a heart attack in heart muscle.