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Commercial tea bags release millions of microplastics, entering human intestinal cells (medicalxpress.com)
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UAB research has characterized in detail how polymer-based commercial tea bags release millions of nanoplastics and microplastics when infused. The study shows for the first time the capacity of these particles to be absorbed by human intestinal cells, and are thus able to reach the bloodstream and spread throughout the body.

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[–] lemmy_outta_here 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I have more bad news: [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969724007307](Are bioplastics safe? Hazardous effects of polylactic acid (PLA) nanoplastics in Drosophila)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Your study is from 1/4/24 the one I linked is from 26/6/24

Or am I just being a muppet here?

[–] lemmy_outta_here 4 points 1 week ago

Silly me. Glad that is resolved.