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However, study after study has shown increased levels of microplastics in both the environment and the human body. Scientists ...

Microplastics are accumulating in the brain more than other organs; health effects remain unclear.

Human brains contain higher concentrations of microplastics than other organs, according to a new study, and the amount ...

Microplastics are everywhere. Now, a new study says the average human brain may contain a spoonful of plastic.

"I have yet to encounter a single human being who says, 'There's a bunch of plastic in my brain and I'm totally cool with ...

In Finland’s freezing Arctic, lakes and rivers have nourished the lifeways of Indigenous Skolt Sámi communities for ...

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The brain may contain higher -- and more significant -- amounts of microplastics than other organs in the body, according to ...