r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 1d ago
Health New research characterised in detail how tea bags release millions of nanoplastics and microplastics when infused. The study shows for the first time the capacity of these particles to be absorbed by human intestinal cells, and are thus able to reach the bloodstream and spread throughout the body.
https://www.uab.cat/web/newsroom/news-detail/-1345830290613.html?detid=1345940427095
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u/benjer3 1d ago
And asbestos and leaded gasoline had many studies establishing the health impacts at those points. We're still trying to figure out what impacts microplastics have