Your brain might be filled with plastic
"Your brain is filled with water" is a teasing phrase, but "your brain is filled with plastic" is becoming a reality.
In the 19th century, American Hayett continuously produced plastic billiard balls, pioneering the plastic industry. He could never have imagined that less than 200 years later, it would rain "plastic" in Colorado, snow made of "plastic" would appear in the Arctic, and plastic micro-particles would be everywhere on Earth, even invading the human body.
In 2018, scientists discovered microplastics (plastic fragments smaller than 5 millimeters) in the human intestine, and since then, the presence of microplastics has also been detected in human lungs, liver, spleen, blood, and kidneys. Months ago, a research team from the University of São Paulo in Brazil first discovered microplastics in the human brain.
Recently, a research team led by a pharmacy professor at the University of New Mexico found that over time, the concentration of microplastics in the human brain is increasing. This finding was published in the journal Nature Medicine on February 3.
