• How Microplastics Affect Your Health

  • Jul 29 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 1 min
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How Microplastics Affect Your Health

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  • The average person consumes 39 000 to 52 000 microplastic particles per year through food and drink. This number doubles when taking into account how many microplastics we might inhale. Microplastics have been found in blood samples and almost every organ in the human body. In this episode, we discuss what are microplastics, how they get into your body, how they affect your health and how to avoid being exposed to them.

    References cited in this podcast:

    Human Consumption of Microplastics: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.9b01517

    Polypropylene microplastics promote metastatic features in human breast cancer: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-33393-8

    Microplastics and Nanaoplastics in Atheromas and Cardiovascular Events: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2309822
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