Microplastics are found in live human LUNGS for the first time – proving we are breathing them in from the air

Microplastics have been discovered in live human lungs for the first time – proving we are breathing them in from the air.

Researchers from the University of Hull and Hull York Medical School found microplastics - tiny pieces of plastic less than 0.2 of an inch (5mm) in diameter - in the deepest section of the lung.

This was previously thought to be impossible, due to how narrow the airways are.

The study comes shortly after microplastics were discovered in human blood for the first time, highlighting just how widespread the particles now are in the human body.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10691181/Scientists-discover-microplastics-live-human-lungs-time.html
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