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Study finds high levels of microplastics in human brains that appear to be increasing over time

Human brains contain higher concentrations of microplastics than other organs, according to a new study, and the amount appears to be increasing over time.

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New Study Finds Big Increase In Microplastics Found In Human Brains

However, study after study has shown increased levels of microplastics in both the environment and the human body. Scientists said last May they found microplastic in every human testicle they sampled, and such particles have been found elsewhere, including in the liver, blood and placenta.

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Scientists Find More Microplastics in Human Brains

The new study, published Feb. 3 in the journal Nature, found that brain samples collected in 2024 contained significantly more microplastics than those taken eight years earlier. Researchers say the amount of plastic in the brain has increased by about 50% -- the equivalent of an entire plastic spoon in weight.

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Human brain samples contain an entire spoon’s worth of nanoplastics, study says

Human brains today contain 50% more plastic than in 2016, a new study found. Brain of people diagnosed with dementia had the ...

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Plastic shards permeate human brains

Our brains are increasingly plastic. Minuscule shards and flakes of polymers are surprisingly abundant in brain tissue, a study of postmortem brains shows.

Your Brain Could Be Holding A Spoon’s Worth Of Microplastics

Levels of microplastics in the brain have shot up 50% in just eight years, according to samples tested by researchers in New Mexico.

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As global plastic production grows, so does the concentration of microplastics in our brains

They found that the concentrations of particles in kidney and liver samples were comparable, with an average of 433 ...

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Human brains found contaminated with Nanoplastics—A growing health concern

A recent study reveals appalling levels of nanoplastics in human brains, which has called into question their possible ...

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The gut-brain connection in Alzheimer's unveiled with X-rays

Scientists led by the Institute of Nanotechnology in Italy, in collaboration with the ESRF, the European Synchrotron in ...

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