Cognitively normal human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards of plastic than samples collected eight years prior.

Cognitively normal human brain ... we think the brain is pulling in the very smallest nanostructures, like 100 to 200 nanometers in length. These are roughly the size of two COVID viruses side ...

Plastics have infiltrated every recess of the planet, including your lungs, kidneys and other sensitive organs. Scientists ...

New study shows plastic accumulates in the brain, as well as other body parts. Scientists don't know what impact it has if ...

Little is known about the associated brain activation during these sleep rhythms, and even less about their functional implications. In this study, we investigated the brain-wide activation underlying ...

The average brain ... inside the human body. Most of the plastics the scientists found in brain, kidney and liver tissue were extremely small, less than 200 nanometers. "That's roughly the size ...

Tissue samples reveal 50% surge in microplastic levels over just 8 years In a nutshell University of New Mexico researchers ...

A new study found that the brain may contain higher levels of microplastics, equivalent to the amount found in a standard plastic spoon, than other organs in the body ...

Researchers Find Nanoplastics in the Human Brain; Say It Is 30 Times More Compared to the Kidneys and Liver It is no surprise ...

The human brain may be ... of cells called neurons, the brain is the body's most complicated organ, and also the most important. This massive ball of tissue inside your skull is responsible ...

Microplastics may cause blockages in blood vessels in the brain and affect behavior, according to a study on mice.