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Study links microplastics with human health problems – but there’s still a lot we don’t know

  • Written by Mark Patrick Taylor, Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
Study links microplastics with human health problems – but there’s still a lot we don’t knowNaiyana Somchitkaeo/Shutterstock

A recent study published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine has linked microplastics with risk to human health.

The study involved patients in Italy who had a condition called carotid artery plaque, where plaque builds up in arteries, potentially blocking blood flow. The researchers analysed plaque...

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