Microplastic particles can now be found in human organs

[Judi Lynn]

Tuesday, 18 August 2020

Scientists have found a method to discover particles of microplastic and nanoplastic in human organs for the first time, according to research presented at the congress of the American Chemical Society on Monday.

The research, reported on by The Guardian, shows that scientists were able to find particles of microplastic (with a diameter smaller than 5 mm) and nanoplastic (with a diameter smaller than 0.001 mm) in all studied organs.

“It would be naive to believe there is plastic everywhere but just not in us,” Rolf Halden at Arizona State University told The Guardian.

The particles found in the 47 lungs, livers, spleens and kidneys examined were presumably ingested along with food and water.

In total, the scientists were able to discover dozens of types of plastic in the organs, including polyethylene terephthalate (PET) from which plastic drinking bottles are made and polyethylene, used for plastic bags.

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[cayugafalls]

1. We are what we eat or drink.

True dat...

[safeinOhio]

2. Can't find a video of it, but does anyone else

remember an old commercial from the 60s when an old guy is giving advise to a new graduate and says "I've got one word of advice for you, Plastics"? I can't even remember what the product the commercial was for.

[murielm99]

3. It was from the movie "The Graduate."

Later, the Peace Corps took that clip and used it as a recruitment ad.

[safeinOhio]

5. Thank you for jogging my memory.

[Cetacea]

4. Taken from the movie, "The Graduate".

I haven't seen a commercial that used it but the movie is the source.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

6. The Graduate...

... starring Dustin Hoffman, whose character was the recipient of the advice.

[pansypoo53219]

7. i notice baby food is in glass again. vintage cotton diapers big on ebay. also glass baby bottles.

i know if i had a child i would avoid plastic. especially if it was a boy. plastic has female hormone mimics. shit. plastic lined steel cans? shit.