
Audio long-read: How harmful are microplastics?
Nature Podcast
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How to Prevent Microplastics in the Human Body
Studies in mice have found that microplastics around five micrometers across could stay in the intestines or reach the liver. A person might accumulate several thousand microplastic particles in their body over their lifetime. Researchers are now recruiting parents to volunteer samples of their babies urine and stools for microplastic analysis.
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