Scientists are sounding the alarm over a recent study showing that microplastics can accumulate in the brain.
Researchers from the U.S. and Canada wrote the commentary,publishedTuesday in the journal Brain Medicine.
Microplastics are any piece of plastic smaller than 5 millimeters.
Microplastics are being found everywhere that scientists look for them, including in our brains.© Daily insights via Shutterstock
In recent years, scientists have found themjust about anywheretheyve lookedfrommountaintop cloudstoour testiclesto ababys poop.
But what weve learned so far isnt exactly encouraging.
And there are likely other ways that plastics or their chemicals could be affecting our health for the worse.
Many unanswered questions about microplastics remain, Fabiano notes.
In the meantime, people can also do things in their personal lives to limit their intake of plastics.
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