Two recently-published studies investigated how microplastics can find their way inside the organs of both humans and mice, and what the potential impact can be.
Two new studies have described the ways in which tiny microplastics can end up in humans' organs – and even in the brains of mice. One of the studies, published in Environmental Health Perspectives on Apr. 10., involved feeding healthy mice microplastics over a period of four to eight weeks. Scientists later found that various organs in the mice were contaminated.
Microplastics can affect the liver by causing stress and inflammation and impairing liver function,' she said. 'In the brain, it causes neuroinflammation and disrupts brain signaling.' Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel, however, told Fox News Digital that the impacts of microplastics on humans are still unknown. 'Though we need to track this, there is still no direct evidence that microplastics in cells lead to untoward health outcomes,' he explained.
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