Previous research had found we inhale and ingest enough microscopic pieces of plastic to create a credit card each week. But until now, scientists didn't know whether those particles were entering the bloodstream.
Powerful magnification allowed researchers to count and identify microplastic beads and fragments that were collected in 11 western national parks and wilderness areas over 14 months of sampling in a 2020 study.Plastic – it's in your blood. And we know so because researchers have just found microscopic plastic particles flowing in our bloodstream for the first time.to create a credit card each week.
"We have to find out where are these particles traveling. Do they accumulate in certain organs?" Vethaak said. "Are sufficiently high enough to trigger responses leading to diseases?"Plastic particles can enter the body through your food and drink, the air you breathe – there are microscopic plastic bits flying around in the air – andResearchers analyzed subjects' blood samples for traces of the presence of different polymers, which are the building blocks of plastics.
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