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Landmark 2022 study: first direct detection of microplastics in human blood. 17 of 22 healthy adult donors tested positive. Confirms microplastics enter the bloodstream, not just pass through the body. Source · doi.org
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Seventeen out of twenty-two healthy adults tested positive. That's the headline from this landmark 2022 study — the first peer-reviewed confirmation that microplastics don't just pass through the body. They enter the bloodstream. This finding changed the scientific conversation from "do microplastics affect us?" to "what are they doing once they're in us?" It's one of the most cited studies in the space for good reason. Read the full paper — and understand what "healthy adults" means in the context of this finding. Source · doi.org
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Landmark 2022 study: first direct detection of microplastics in human blood. 17 of 22 healthy adult donors tested positive. Confirms microplastics enter the bloodstream, not just pass through the body.
Why did Glen Kerby choose this story?
Landmark study shifting microplastics from environmental concern to direct human health crisis.
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It was published by doi.org as “First Direct Evidence of Microplastics in Human Blood”, at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2022.107199.
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“First Direct Evidence of Microplastics in Human Blood”
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