What Are Plastic Fragments Doing in Human Hearts?
Tiny plastic particles have been found deep in the human body, lodged in the heart - an organ with no direct access to the external world. So how are plastics ending up there?
STORY AT-A-GLANCE
Microplastics were detected in heart tissues from 15 people undergoing heart surgery
Eight different types of plastic were found in the pericardia — the membrane enclosing the heart — fat in the heart, atrial appendages and other heart tissues
Most tissue samples contained tens to thousands of microplastic pieces, which may have been “une…
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