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What Are Plastic Fragments Doing in Human Hearts?

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?

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microplastic in human hearts

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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