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Audio long-read: How harmful are microplastics?

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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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