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Health See other Health Articles Title: Microplastics Found in Human Blood for the First Time Microplastics Found in Human Blood for the First Time Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola April 06, 2022 STORY AT-A-GLANCE > Researchers in The Netherlands analyzed blood samples from 22 healthy volunteers; plastic particles were found in 17 — a rate of 77% There’s a good chance that tiny pieces of plastic are not only in your body but floating in your bloodstream. The news came from researchers in The Netherlands, who analyzed blood samples from 22 healthy volunteers. It’s the first time microplastics have been detected in human blood, and according to study author professor Dick Vethaak, an ecotoxicologist at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in The Netherlands, “It is certainly reasonable to be concerned.”1 The fact is, plastic is a ubiquitous part of the modern-day world, integrally intertwined with our daily lives, from plastic food packaging and bottles to microbeads found in personal care products. It’s estimated that 11 million metric tons of plastic waste enter the world’s oceans annually — an amount that could nearly triple by 2040.2 Microplastics, which have no standard definition but are often defined as being less than 5 millimeters in length, are especially pernicious since they’re so small; exposure occurs via both inhalation and ingestion, and once in your body, they’re free to travel throughout and may even lodge in your organs.3 Your Blood May Be Polluted by Plastic When the researchers analyzed the 22 blood samples, plastic particles were found in 17 — a rate of 77%. They used the term “plastic particles” to describe particles ≥700 nanometers in dimension, a size that can be absorbed across membranes.4 The mean concentration of plastic particles in the blood was 1.6 µg/ml, “showing a first measurement of the mass concentration of the polymeric component of plastic in human blood.”5 Some of the blood samples contained up to three different types of plastic; steel syringe needles and glass tubes were used so no plastic would be introduced to the samples.6 Accurate measurements of plastics in human blood will be important for conducting a human health risk assessment, or HRA, for plastic particle pollution, in order to determine the health consequences of plastics accumulating in the human body. Previous studies have detected microsized plastic particles in human feces, providing evidence that such particles travel through the gastrointestinal tract. Plastic particles have also been found in colectomy specimens from humans as well as in human placental tissue.7 However, Vethaak told The Guardian, “Our study is the first indication that we have polymer particles in our blood — it’s a breakthrough result. But we have to extend the research and increase the sample sizes, the number of polymers assessed, etc.”8 Out of the 17 samples in which plastic particles were detected:9 Half contained polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic, which is used to make plastic water and soda bottles One-third contained polystyrene, widely used in food packaging One-quarter contained polyethylene, which is used to make plastic bags What Happens to Plastic in Your Body? Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 7.
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[AP] A shadowy former ex-CIA contractor known by the code name 'lord- commander Pacman', was found at a secret Air America airbase on the backshore of Lake Logan with five shots to the back of his head. The S&W serial numbered handcuffs on him remain a mystery, as does a young nurse with the alias 'McMurphy,' 30, thought to be a nurse during the Vietnam conflict. It seems to be unclear as how somebody can shoot themselves in the back of the head six times with handcuffs on, and how a thirty year old woman was involved in the Vietnam conflict. Some clarity was brought to light when the country singer Luke Combs (b. 1990) sang his song "Even Though I'm Leaving" about being drafted to go to Vietnam, even though he wasn't born until a decade and a half after the Vietnam conflict ended. That information, along with some stuff just made up, proves Hunter Bidet is innocent of any crime ever, and the criminal known as 'Cap'n Brandon' needs to keep his pecker in his pants. His death was immediately ruled a suicide, and his mystery woman has dutifully reported for her executional clot-shots four and five. Jim's other (former) nurse friend was located briefly today with two large, friendly, dangerous dogs that she's allegedly "dogsitting". She has quit her nursing career, for a job for a part-time job at a Holiday Inn as a housekeeper. She is considered armed and dangerous as a pure-blood. No weapon was found near Esso's body, which is normal in this type of suicide. [Breaking: Updates to follow]
Obviously, those cuffs would be official issue of a LEO. ;)
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