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Breathing may introduce microplastics to the brain – new study

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par Michael Richardson, Professor of Animal Development, Leiden University
Meiru Wang, Postdoctoral Researcher, Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology and Nanotoxicology, Leiden University

Small plastic particles are everywhere: in the soil where our food is grown, in the water we drink and in the air we breathe. They got there from the plastic we throw away, which ends up in landfill sites, rivers and seas. There the plastic waste slowly breaks down, releasing tiny particles called microplastics and even tinier nanoplastics into the environment.

Microplastics are also increasingly being found throughout the human…

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