A new study found that 'acute exposure' to microplastics causes dementia-like symptoms in mice, in addition to other behavioral shifts.
, published this month in the, is troubling. Microplastics are increasingly omnipresent in our world, and continue to be discovered in
"This," Ross added, "has led our group to explore the biological and cognitive consequences of exposure to microplastics." "To us, this was striking," Ross said in her statement. "These were not high doses of microplastics, but in only a short period of time, we saw these changes." Perhaps most startling, however, was the scope of bioaccumulation. After dissecting the mice, the researchers found that microscopic plastic bits had worked their way into every major mouse organ, including the brain. That's alarming — after all, it's not like the scientists were directly injecting the plastics with a needle.
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