Health - Resources and discussion for everything health-related

2354 readers

428 users here now

Health: physical and mental, individual and public.

Discussions, issues, resources, news, everything.

See the pinned post for a long list of other communities dedicated to health or specific diagnoses. The list is continuously updated.

Nothing here shall be taken as medical or any other kind of professional advice.

Commercial advertising is considered spam and not allowed. If you're not sure, contact mods to ask beforehand.

Linked videos without original description context by OP to initiate healthy, constructive discussions will be removed.

Regular rules of lemmy.world apply. Be civil.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

Awa

WhoRoger

RoyalEngineering

193

Microplastics are infiltrating brain tissue, studies show: ‘There’s nowhere left untouched’ (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by MicroWave to c/health

22 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Twenty-four brain samples collected in early 2024 measured on average about 0.5% plastic by weight

A growing body of scientific evidence shows that microplastics are accumulating in critical human organs, including the brain, leading researchers to call for more urgent actions to rein in plastic pollution.

Studies have detected tiny shards and specks of plastics in human lungs, placentas, reproductive organs, livers, kidneys, knee and elbow joints, blood vessels and bone marrow.

Given the research findings, “it is now imperative to declare a global emergency” to deal with plastic pollution, said Sedat Gündoğdu, who studies microplastics at Cukurova University in Turkey.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Carrolade 53 points 3 months ago (3 children)

There is one small thing that slightly moderates my frustration over this one: Being rich is not particularly good protection against microplastic contamination. It's so ubiquitous and went undetected for so many years that even Bezos and Zuckerberg probably have plenty in their systems.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

1000 percent.

And the sheeple who listen to voices promoting “clean/raw” diets.

In 2024 It’s impossible not to eat something with some sort contamination, because they constantly fuck up the planet.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Hopefully they have the most from all those factory tours they would have gone on too.