‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body

Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’ ...
Yahoo

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

Finding microplastics in human body parts is not new: Scientists have uncovered the minuscule waste products in human blood, lungs, brains, hearts and testicles. But a new study, published Monday in ...
D Magazine

The Future Is Here: UT Southwestern Wins $25M Federal Award to 3D-Print Human Organs

The funding, part of a new ARPA-H bioprinting initiative, aims to create transplant-ready organs—potentially within ...
CNN

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

Cognitively normal human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards of plastic than samples collected eight years prior, according to a new study. Overall, cadaver ...

Microplastics are infiltrating brain tissue, studies show: ‘There’s nowhere left untouched’

Twenty-four brain samples collected in early 2024 measured on average about 0.5% plastic by weight ...
Los Angeles Times

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

New research shows that the concentration of microplastics in our bodies has grown as global plastic production has increased The study looked at brain, liver and kidney tissue from cadavers The ...