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“Microplastics are everywhere in the environment—from the water we drink to the air we breathe. Scientists have found these tiny plastic particles in human blood, organs, and even the brain, raising concerns about their potential health effects.”
“Approximately 1 million plastic bottles are bought every minute and less than 50% of those are recycled. #ReduceReuseRecycle”
“Collectively, the study suggests that apheresis may acutely lower several pollutant-related signals in blood alongside its established lipid and inflammatory targets, without directly testing whether total-body burden falls meaningfully.”
“Bacteria grown in the presence of antibiotics and microplastics showed considerably greater resistance, with those exposed to ciprofloxacin displaying up to 171 times greater resistance and other antibiotics showing increases of up to 75 times.”
“It binds to retinol, a form of vitamin A that plays a crucial role in neurodevelopment, facilitating its transport. A recent study found that nanoplastic exposure induces structural changes in beta-lactoglobulin, impairing retinol binding and transport.”
“Polyamide-12 is used in clothing, other textiles, kitchen items, carpets, and automotive products. After the pups were born, the researchers collected tissue samples from the two-week-old pups' lungs, liver, kidneys, heart, and brain to see if the particles persisted.”
Some of these effects may be due to compounds commonly associated with plastic manufacturing, such as bisphenol A, or BPA, phthalates, and heavy metals (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7068600/), that are present in and on microplastics.
“A recent study found that people living in coastal U.S. counties with the highest levels of marine microplastics were 18% more likely to have type 2 diabetes, 7% more likely to have coronary artery disease, and 9% more likely to have a stroke than those in counties with low levels.”
“However, a recent study has uncovered a more alarming issue: Microplastic contamination is pervasive in these popular beverages. Researchers analyzed the microplastic content in a popular soda brand purchased in various US locations: Atlanta, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington, DC.”
“Under typical laboratory conditions, including neutral pH and body temperature, both strains rapidly captured nanoplastics, but Leuconostoc mesenteroides reached near-maximum performance within about 30 minutes, while Latilactobacillus sakei took about 60 minutes.”