Micro plastics now found in blood

[LadyStanley]

Microplastics have been found in air, water, food and now ... human blood

We already knew we ingest microscopic pieces of plastic by eating and breathing, but now research suggests microplastics are in our bloodstream too.

news.yahoo.com

Sigh

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[JMCx4]

 

[beowulf]

Is anyone really surprised? We have been finding them in fish and other things we eat for some time now so only a matter of time before they were found in us, including out blood.

What is scare potentially is what does this mean for people with the start of blockages in their arteries, will this start getting caught up in the plaque that start narrowing them and leading to heart attacks or strokes?

 

[JMCx4]

... What is scare potentially is what does this mean for people with the start of blockages in their arteries, will this start getting caught up in the plaque that start narrowing them and leading to heart attacks or strokes?

As someone who has suffered a heart attack & has a coronary stent & takes statins daily ... thanks for making my Sunday suck.

 

[beowulf]

As someone who has suffered a heart attack & has a coronary stent & takes statins daily ... thanks for making my Sunday suck.

Sorry!! Was not my intent lol.

 

[JMCx4]

Sorry!! Was not my intent lol.

That's OK, it wasn't my intent to have a heart attack, either. My diet & heridity caught up to me. Just like microplastics have caught up to all of us.

 

[adsfan]

Is anyone really surprised? We have been finding them in fish and other things we eat for some time now so only a matter of time before they were found in us, including out blood.

What is scare potentially is what does this mean for people with the start of blockages in their arteries, will this start getting caught up in the plaque that start narrowing them and leading to heart attacks or strokes?

Not surprised, other than how long it took after finding them in fish.

 

[JMCx4]

Not surprised, other than how long it took after finding them in fish.

If they end up in McDonald's French fries and Starbucks Vanilla Lattes, our society is doomed.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Is there anything that can actually be done about this? Other than wait years (dozens? hundreds? thousands?) for them to deteriorate?

 

[LadyStanley]

Study finds plastics found in masks present in patients’ lungs

The study from Great Britain discovered microplastic particles in the lung tissue of 11 out of 13 patients undergoing surgery.

westernstandardonline.com

Masks one source of plastic in lungs.

 

[JMCx4]

It's been awhile since my last statistics class, but it sure seems dubious to conflate "almost every person sampled" and "11 out of 13 patients" to support the significance of surgical mask contributions to blood-borne microplastics.

Microplastic fibres were found deep in the lower lungs of living human beings in almost every person sampled in a recent UK study.

The study from Great Britain discovered microplastic particles — present in many COVID-19 masks — in the lung tissue of 11 out of 13 patients undergoing surgery. ...