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Breathing Could Bring Microplastics Into the Human Brain, Study Shows
Publicado em 16 setembro 2024
MONDAY, Sept. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For the first time, scientists have detected microscopic microplastics lodged in the human brain.
Researchers in Germany and Brazil say that 8 out of 15 autopsied adults had microplastics detected within their brain's smell centers, the olfactory bulb.
The particles were likely breathed in over a lifetime, since tiny floating microplastics are ubiquitous in the air.
Although microplastics have already been found in human lungs, intestines, [...]