Quote:Scientists have discovered microplastics in human blood for the first time, warning that the ubiquitous particles could also be making their way into organs.

Quote:A Dutch study published in the Environment International journal on Thursday examined blood samples from 22 anonymous, healthy volunteers and found microplastics in nearly 80 percent of them.

Half of the blood samples showed traces of PET plastic, widely used to make drink bottles, while more than a third had polystyrene, used for disposable food containers and many other products.

"This is the first time we have actually been able to detect and quantify" such microplastics in human blood, said Dick Vethaak, an ecotoxicologist at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Quote:The study said the microplastics could have entered the body by many routes: via air, water or food, but also in products such as particular toothpastes, lip glosses and tattoo ink.

"It is scientifically plausible that plastic particles may be transported to organs via the bloodstream," the study added.

Vethaak also said there could be other kinds of microplastics in blood his study did not pick up -- for example, it could not detect particles larger than the diameter of the needle used to take the sample.

(03-28-2022, 11:20 PM)Drako Wrote: People tend to be so caught up in the environment, that they aren't even paying attention to what we're doing to ourselves. And plastics in our bloodstream should be alarming news to everyone.

This is the product of decades of harmful chemicals being shoved into and onto our bodies. If we don't stop the use of foreign chemicals in our food, clothes, and personal care products, our species is doomed to take a hit.

Source: https://news.yahoo.com/scientists-microplastics-blood-first-time-153634557.html

(03-28-2022, 11:42 PM)imgr8ness Wrote:

(03-28-2022, 11:20 PM)Drako Wrote: People tend to be so caught up in the environment, that they aren't even paying attention to what we're doing to ourselves. And plastics in our bloodstream should be alarming news to everyone.

This is the product of decades of harmful chemicals being shoved into and onto our bodies. If we don't stop the use of foreign chemicals in our food, clothes, and personal care products, our species is doomed to take a hit.

Source: https://news.yahoo.com/scientists-microplastics-blood-first-time-153634557.html

In an ideal world, there would be no pollution or detrimental effects on our bodies from the things we do but I think we are too far down that rabbit hole now, there is no way in hell the massive corporations that benefit from plastic manufacturing will change.

The fact is, plastics are everywhere, there are many things we use plastics for that just do not have any substitute.

So the reality is, as a species we are on this ride and have no choice but to see it through to the end. Neither of us will be alive for the ultimate end but be assured it will come one day.

(03-28-2022, 11:20 PM)Drako Wrote: People tend to be so caught up in the environment, that they aren't even paying attention to what we're doing to ourselves. And plastics in our bloodstream should be alarming news to everyone.

Quote:Scientists have discovered microplastics in human blood for the first time, warning that the ubiquitous particles could also be making their way into organs.