Detecting microplastics in human blood
2 years, 8 months ago

Detecting microplastics in human blood

The Hindu  

The story so far: Microplastics are, as the name suggests, tiny particles of plastics found in various places — the oceans, the environment, and now in human blood. A study by researchers from The Netherlands has examined blood samples of 22 persons, all anonymous donors and healthy adults, and found plastic particles in 17 of them. However, for the purposes of this study, since the authors were interested in measuring the quantities of plastic that can cross the membranes and diffuse into the body via the blood stream, the authors have an upper limit on the size of the particles as 0.0007 millimetre. They found in each donor, on average, 1.6 microgram of plastic particles per milli litre of blood sample.

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