New study finds entire spoonful of microplastics in people’s brains — and 3 times as much in those with dementia
To make matters worse, the study also found up to 10 times the amount of microplastics in the brains of 12 dementia patients ...
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The Human Brain May Contain as Much as a Spoon’s Worth of Microplastics, New Research Suggests
The amount of microplastics in the human brain appears to be increasing over time: Concentrations rose by roughly 50 percent ...
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You might have a spoon's worth of microplastics - in your brain.
with the highest amounts found in the brains of people who had dementia. By 2024, the average brain studied by scientists at the University of New Mexico contained the equivalent of one plastic ...
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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
The amount of plastic the researchers found in the average brain sample is about equivalent to a plastic spoon ... In the study, the 12 people with documented dementia had higher levels of ...
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You might have a spoon's worth of microplastics - in your brain.
The number of tiny bits of plastic found in human brains increased dramatically between 2016 and 2024, with the highest amounts found in the brains of people who had dementia. By 2024, the average ...