Tag: microplastics
The mouse study shows that microplastics block blood flow in the brain
US researchers injected plastic spheres with nanotubes into the brains of mice and observed glowing cells within minutes. Immune cells carry plastic that is less than 5 mm in diameter through the bloodstream to the brain, where they form microplastics. The plastic-packed cells appeared in the brains of mice just hours after they were given water and piled up like a car crash.
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