Microplastics in Brains Increase
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You might have a spoon's worth of microplastics - in your brain.
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Average brain may contain 7 grams worth of plastic, study finds.
Microplastic particles found in brain, kidney and brain tissue from people who died and underwent autopsy in 2016 and 2024 .
Researchers think the growing amount of plastic humans are exposed to could be behind the increase.
As plastic breaks down over time, it degrades into smaller and smaller bits small enough to slip inside the human body.
The amount of plastic in the environment is doubling about every 10 to 15 years , New Mexico researchers say.
It's not definitively known whether, or if, it is dangerous to have plastic microplastic particles in the brain.
Children are at highest risk from plastic particles, but it's too soon to worry, experts say.
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