Recently, experts have found that people with a large amount of micro and nanoplasty on the plaques of blood vessels were under the risk of higher heart attacks, paralysis and death.
To understand how much plastic it has accumulated in various organ systems, scientists analyzed the 91 example of the brain. They gathered in people who died in 1997. From 2016 to 2024, the median micro and nanoplasty concentration increased by about 50%: 4917 micrograms per gram per gram per gram.
In addition, in 2024 samples, the concentrations of micro and nanoplasty particles were about 10 times higher than the tissues of the liver and kidneys. The shape of these particles in the brain turned out to be unexpected: these were not the solid grains, but thin sharp particles. In addition, there was a lot of polyethylene in the brain tissue. This type of plastic grocery bags, shampoo bottles and toys.
Source: Ferra
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