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Breathing may introduce microplastics to the brain – new study (theconversation.com)
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Thankfully it's not much but I don't think I'll deeply sniff my laundry like they do in detergent commercials anymore lol

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Supposedly we ingest/breath a credit card worth of plastic every week.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Where do the plastic go after they are inside us?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Everywhere. They are very, very small. Small enough to cross the blood-brain barrier.

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