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Should you worry about microplastics?

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Little is known about the effects microplastics have on humans – but limiting exposure to them seems prudent.

Ever since Austrian scientists first began looking for them in people in 2018, microplastics have turned up in the blood, lungs, kidneys, liver, heart and even the brain. They have also been detected in the placenta and breast milk.

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