Another first for humanity: microplastics found deep in lungs of living people for first time!

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

Microplastics found in human blood for first time | Plastics | The Guardian

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Exclusive: The discovery shows the particles can travel around the body and may lodge in organs

 

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Microplastic pollution has been detected in human blood for the first time, with scientists finding the tiny particles in almost 80% of the people tested.

 

The discovery shows the particles can travel around the body and may lodge in organs. The impact on health is as yet unknown. But researchers are concerned as microplastics cause damage to human cells in the laboratory and air pollution particles are already known to enter the body and cause millions of early deaths a year.

 

Huge amounts of plastic waste are dumped in the environment and microplastics now contaminate the entire planet, from the summit of Mount Everest to the deepest oceans. People were already known to consume the tiny particles via food and water as well as breathing them in, and they have been found in the faeces of babies and adults.

 

The scientists analysed blood samples from 22 anonymous donors, all healthy adults and found plastic particles in 17. Half the samples contained PET plastic, which is commonly used in drinks bottles, while a third contained polystyrene, used for packaging food and other products. A quarter of the blood samples contained polyethylene, from which plastic carrier bags are made.

 

 

[Mr.Vic20]

Is this how we cyborg? 

[Captain Pickle]

a cracked polystyrene man

[LazyPiranha]

Given that they found it in such a large portion of the sample, I’m just assuming it means they’ve never looked before.

[Anathema-]

3 hours ago, LazyPiranha said:

Given that they found it in such a large portion of the sample, I’m just assuming it means they’ve never looked before.

 

maybe some spilled in the test tube from the table, do they have anyone who checks for that? 

[Kal-El814]

Look if they didn’t want me to eat the board game tokens from games like Azul, they shouldn’t have made them look delicious. That’s not on me. 

[CitizenVectron]

6 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said:

Look if they didn’t want me to eat the board game tokens from games like Azul, they shouldn’t have made them look delicious. That’s not on me. 

 

I also think they look delicious, but no one agrees with me. Remind me of starburst.

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

12 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said:

Look if they didn’t want me to eat the board game tokens from games like Azul, they shouldn’t have made them look delicious. That’s not on me. 

Love that game. 

[TheLeon]

More prophetic than we even realized. 

 

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

Microplastics found deep in lungs of living people for first time | Plastics | The Guardian

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Particles discovered in tissue of 11 out of 13 patients undergoing surgery, with polypropylene and PET most common

 

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Microplastic pollution has been discovered lodged deep in the lungs of living people for the first time. The particles were found in almost all the samples analysed.

 

The scientists said microplastic pollution was now ubiquitous across the planet, making human exposure unavoidable and meaning “there is an increasing concern regarding the hazards” to health.

 

Samples were taken from tissue removed from 13 patients undergoing surgery and microplastics were found in 11 cases. The most common particles were polypropylene, used in plastic packaging and pipes, and PET, used in bottles. Two previous studies had found microplastics at similarly high rates in lung tissue taken during autopsies.

 

 

[Kal-El814]

YOLO

[CayceG]

I wonder what this will mean for long term health effects. Because I don't think this is going to get the same response that removing lead from the atmosphere got. 

[stepee]

Sounds like the problem is we need bigger plastic!

[ThreePi]

Plastic is strong and durable and lasts a long time. Why wouldn't I want to be partially made up of something as strong and durable as plastic?

[Keyser_Soze]

We just need to heat the human body so hot that the plastics melt. Easy!

[Ricofoley]

Let's try and be optimistic here. Maybe microplastics will exactly cancel out COVID lung scarring. You know, like Three Stooges Syndrome.

 

 

[Mercury33]

9 hours ago, Ricofoley said:

Let's try and be optimistic here. Maybe microplastics will exactly cancel out COVID lung scarring. You know, like Three Stooges Syndrome.

 

 

I feel like I reference that episode at least twice a week