THOMAS BERTHOLD

Study: Researchers at the University of Vienna have discovered particles of plastic in mice’s brains just two hours after the mice ingested drinking water containing plastic. Microplastics and nanoplastics have previously been found in human blood, breast milk, lungs and placentas. Researchers found that nanoplastic particles – which are under 0.001 millimeters and invisible to the naked eye – were able to travel into the mice’s brains via a previously unknown biological “transport mechanism.” The plastics are absorbed into cholesterol molecules on the brain membrane surface. Thus stowed away in their little lipid packages, they cross the blood-brain barrier – a wall of blood vessels and tissue that functions to protect the brain from toxins and other harmful substances. Once in the brain, “Plastic particles could increase the risk of inflammation, neurological disorders or even neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s,” said Lukas Kenner, one of the researchers.
One study showed water in plastic bottles can contain several hundred to many thousands of plastic particles. Another study found that baby bottles made with polypropylene plastic shed millions of particles, which babies are ingesting. A plastic cup filled with hot coffee or tea can release trillions of particles. That's not all. It's now known that plastics can leach the hundreds to thousands of toxic chemicals from which they're made. Need we say more? Ditch the plastic. Don't eat or drink from plastic containers.

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