Plastics - Revision history

Kirk at 23:39, 30 July 2025

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 =====Microplastics are everywhere: Is it possible to reduce our exposure?=====
 [https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240110-microplastics-are-everywhere-is-it-possible-to-reduce-our-exposure by Isabelle Gerretsen 6/3/24 BBC]
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 [https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16052025/texas-microplastic-bay-pollution/ by Dylan Baddour 16/5/25 Inside Climate News]
   The first study of microplastics in Texas coastal sediment was funded through a local environmental activist’s landmark legal victory over plastic pollution, one of many such research projects.

Lilly at 21:15, 29 July 2025

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			=====Microplastics are everywhere: Is it possible to reduce our exposure?=====
			[https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240110-microplastics-are-everywhere-is-it-possible-to-reduce-our-exposure by Isabelle Gerretsen 6/3/24 BBC]
			Microplastics have been found on every part of the planet. The tiny particles of this anthropogenic material have been found buried in Antarctic sea ice, inside the guts of marine animals inhabiting the deepest ocean trenches, and in drinking water around the world.
	=====Your brain is full of microplastics: are they harming you?=====		=====Your brain is full of microplastics: are they harming you?=====
	[https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00405-8 by Max Kozlov 11/2/25 nature]		[https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00405-8 by Max Kozlov 11/2/25 nature]

Lilly at 21:12, 29 July 2025

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			=====Your brain is full of microplastics: are they harming you?=====
			[https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00405-8 by Max Kozlov 11/2/25 nature]
			A sliver of human brain in a small vial starts to melt as lye is added to it. Over the next few days, the caustic chemical will break down the neurons and blood vessels within, leaving behind a grisly slurry containing thousands of tiny plastic particles.
	=====Microplastics Are Filling the Skies. Will They Affect the Climate?=====		=====Microplastics Are Filling the Skies. Will They Affect the Climate?=====
	[https://e360.yale.edu/features/plastic-waste-atmosphere-climate-weather by Nicola Jones 1/2/23 YaleEnvironment]		[https://e360.yale.edu/features/plastic-waste-atmosphere-climate-weather by Nicola Jones 1/2/23 YaleEnvironment]

Lilly at 21:09, 29 July 2025

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			=====Microplastics Are Filling the Skies. Will They Affect the Climate?=====
			[https://e360.yale.edu/features/plastic-waste-atmosphere-climate-weather by Nicola Jones 1/2/23 YaleEnvironment]
			Plastic has become an obvious pollutant over recent decades, choking turtles and seabirds, clogging up our landfills and waterways. But in just the past few years, a less-obvious problem has emerged. Researchers are starting to get concerned about how tiny bits of plastic in the air, lofted into the skies from seafoam bubbles or spinning tires on the highway, might potentially change our future climate.
	=====Bioaccumulation of microplastics in decedent human brains=====		=====Bioaccumulation of microplastics in decedent human brains=====
	[https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03453-1 by Alexander J. Nihart 3/2/25 nature medicine]		[https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03453-1 by Alexander J. Nihart 3/2/25 nature medicine]

Lilly at 21:05, 29 July 2025

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			=====Bioaccumulation of microplastics in decedent human brains=====
			[https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03453-1 by Alexander J. Nihart 3/2/25 nature medicine]
			Rising global concentrations of environmental microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) drive concerns for human exposure and health outcomes. Complementary methods for the robust detection of tissue MNPs, including pyrolysis gas chromatography–mass spectrometry, attenuated total reflectance–Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and electron microscopy with energy-dispersive spectroscopy, confirm the presence of MNPs in human kidney, liver and brain.
	=====How microplastics are infiltrating the food you eat=====		=====How microplastics are infiltrating the food you eat=====
	[https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230103-how-plastic-is-getting-into-our-food by Isabelle Gerretsen 3/1/23 BBC]		[https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230103-how-plastic-is-getting-into-our-food by Isabelle Gerretsen 3/1/23 BBC]

Lilly at 21:02, 29 July 2025

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			=====How microplastics are infiltrating the food you eat=====
			[https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230103-how-plastic-is-getting-into-our-food by Isabelle Gerretsen 3/1/23 BBC]
			Microplastics have infiltrated every part of the planet. They have been found buried in Antarctic sea ice, within the guts of marine animals inhabiting the deepest ocean trenches, and in drinking water around the world. Plastic pollution has been found on beaches of remote, uninhabited islands and it shows up in sea water samples across the planet. One study estimated that there are around 24.4 trillion fragments of microplastics in the upper regions of the world's oceans.
	=====Microplastics infiltrate human organs, raising health concerns=====		=====Microplastics infiltrate human organs, raising health concerns=====
	[https://www.ehn.org/microplastics-infiltrate-human-organs-raising-health-concerns by EHN Curators 27/2/25 EHN]		[https://www.ehn.org/microplastics-infiltrate-human-organs-raising-health-concerns by EHN Curators 27/2/25 EHN]

Lilly at 21:00, 29 July 2025

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			=====Microplastics infiltrate human organs, raising health concerns=====
			[https://www.ehn.org/microplastics-infiltrate-human-organs-raising-health-concerns by EHN Curators 27/2/25 EHN]
			In 2024, toxicologist Matthew Campen discovered that the adult human brain contains about a disposable spoon's worth of plastic, a 50% increase from eight years prior.
			Studies have found microplastics in human tissues such as placentas, breast milk, and semen, suggesting widespread infiltration of our bodies.
			Research indicates potential links between microplastic exposure and health issues like cardiovascular disease, reduced sperm count, and certain cancers.
	=====Microplastics are in our bodies. How much do they harm us?=====		=====Microplastics are in our bodies. How much do they harm us?=====
	[https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/microplastics-are-in-our-bodies-how-much-do-they-harm-us by Laura Parker 8/5/23 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC]		[https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/microplastics-are-in-our-bodies-how-much-do-they-harm-us by Laura Parker 8/5/23 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC]

Lilly at 20:57, 29 July 2025

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			=====Microplastics are in our bodies. How much do they harm us?=====
			[https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/microplastics-are-in-our-bodies-how-much-do-they-harm-us by Laura Parker 8/5/23 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC]
			A few years ago, as microplastics began turning up in the guts of fish and shellfish, the concern was focused on the safety of seafood. Shellfish were a particular worry, because in their case, unlike fish, we eat the entire animal—stomach, microplastics and all. In 2017, Belgian scientists announced that seafood lovers could consume up to 11,000 plastic particles a year by eating mussels, a favorite dish in that country.
	=====How do microplastics impact our gut health?=====		=====How do microplastics impact our gut health?=====
	[https://www.ehn.org/microplastics-and-gut-health by Allison Guy 6/10/23 EHN]		[https://www.ehn.org/microplastics-and-gut-health by Allison Guy 6/10/23 EHN]

Lilly at 20:54, 29 July 2025

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			=====How do microplastics impact our gut health?=====
			[https://www.ehn.org/microplastics-and-gut-health by Allison Guy 6/10/23 EHN]
			Nowadays, nearly all of our meals come seasoned with a flurry of tiny plastic particles and fibers. Scientists don’t know exactly how much we consume, but estimates range from five grams a week – the weight of a credit card – down to a minute fraction of that. Weight, however, isn’t all that matters. Exceptionally tiny fragments, as small or even smaller than a single bacterium, can penetrate human cells and pass from the gut to the bloodstream.
	=====Microplastics block blood flow in the brain, mouse study reveals=====		=====Microplastics block blood flow in the brain, mouse study reveals=====
	[https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00178-0 by Smriti Mallapaty 23/1/25 nature]		[https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00178-0 by Smriti Mallapaty 23/1/25 nature]

Lilly at 20:52, 29 July 2025

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			=====Microplastics block blood flow in the brain, mouse study reveals=====
			[https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00178-0 by Smriti Mallapaty 23/1/25 nature]
			For the first time, scientists have tracked microplastics moving through the bodies of mice in real time1. The tiny plastic particles are gobbled up by immune cells, travel through the bloodstream and eventually become lodged in blood vessels in the brain. It’s not clear whether such obstructions occur in people, say researchers, but they did seem to affect the mice’s movement.
	=====How a microplastics researcher avoids plastic in daily life=====		=====How a microplastics researcher avoids plastic in daily life=====
	[https://www.ehn.org/how-a-microplastics-researcher-avoids-plastic-in-daily-life by HN Curators 23/7/25 EHN]		[https://www.ehn.org/how-a-microplastics-researcher-avoids-plastic-in-daily-life by HN Curators 23/7/25 EHN]