Plastic traces in Human blood? In a first, microplastic pollution gets detected in human blood

26 Mar 2022 11:44:41
New Delhi, Mar 26: A shocking Homo sapiens, for the first time in history, microplastic pollution has been detected in human blood. According to the study, 77 percent of those tested had microplastic particles in the bloodstream.

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The study conducted by Dutch researchers found that Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) was the most prevalent form of plastic found in human blood. The research has been published in the journal 'Environment International'.
 
The blood samples of 22 people were taken for testing for five kinds of plastics Polypropylene, Polystyrene, Polymethyl Methacrylate, Polyethylene, and Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET). The results shocked the researchers when they found 17 of the 22 blood donors contain a quantifiable mass of plastic particles in their blood.
 
 
 
The particles can travel around the body, which shows the finding. These particles may also enter organs. These plastic particles in the body can also lead to chronic inflammation.
 
Almost half samples contained PET plastic used in making bottles, while one third contained polystyrene, utilised for packaging food and other products and a quarter of the blood samples contained polyethylene, which is used to come up with plastic carrier bags.
 
According to the study, Polyethylene Terephthalate was found in the blood of 50 per cent of the tested people. While, Polystyrene was present in the bloodstream of 36 per cent of the tested people.
 
"The findings of the study are “certainly alarming because it shows that people apparently ingest or inhale so much plastic that it can be found in the bloodstream," the report quoted Dick Vethaak, Professor of Ecotoxicology and Water Quality and Health at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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