Study finds microplastics in human blood for first time
By Nancy Clanton, The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionTroy Warren for CNT #HealthExperts call study results ‘alarming,’ say people are breathing them in‘Alarming’ research has found plastics in human blood for the first time.Researchers at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands tested the blood of 22 people for five types of plastic: polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS), polyethylene (PE) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET).A quantifiable amount of plastic particles was found in the blood of 17 of those 22 participants.The scientists found PET was most commonly found. PET is the chemical name for polyester. PET is a clear, strong and lightweight…