
Audio long-read: How harmful are microplastics?
Nature Podcast
How to Reduce Plastic Pollution in the Environment
Microplastics and nano plastics in the environment are too low to affect human health, researchers think. But their numbers will increase if they aren't dealt with now. Leneran colleagues prepared fluorescent nano sized plastic particles under tissue built from human intestinal lining cells. The cells did absorb the particles but did not show signs of sito toxicity.
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