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=====If You're Wondering How Microplastics Even Get In Your Food, Read This===== | |||
[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-microplastics-get-into-food_l_67b75228e4b04144c7489e6d by Taylor Tobin 25/2/25 HUFFPOST] | |||
Food contaminants are always a hot topic, as we consumers have a natural desire to know exactly what we’re putting in our bodies when we purchase, prepare and eat our groceries. Social media broadens the audience for these conversations and debates, and over the course of the past year, we saw one food safety subject rise to the top of the algorithm: microplastics. | |||
=====This New York river dumps millions of fabric microfibers into the ocean daily===== | =====This New York river dumps millions of fabric microfibers into the ocean daily===== | ||
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/new-york-river-dumps-millions-fabric-microfibers-ocean-daily by Teresa Carey 29/8/17 PBS NEWS] | [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/new-york-river-dumps-millions-fabric-microfibers-ocean-daily by Teresa Carey 29/8/17 PBS NEWS] | ||
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In Microplastics, a Reporter Sees the Big Picture
By Nina Agrawal 25/04/2025 The New York Times
As a health reporter covering chronic diseases for The New York Times, I often get ideas for articles from new medical research. And as someone who grew up near the ocean, I have long been aware of the vast amounts of plastic we as a society use and throw away — and the detrimental effects that such waste can have on the environment.
So in February, when I came across a study about the buildup of microplastics inside of human brains and other tissue, I was immediately curious.
In the study, researchers at the University of New Mexico described a novel way to identify and measure the amount of microplastics inside human bodies. They also showed that over time, as the amount of plastic in the environment has increased, so too has the level of microplastics in our brains.
