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Elana Spivack

Microplastics Can Cross the Blood-Brain Barrier, A New Study Suggests — Here’s Why That Matters

— Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library/Getty Images

It feels like every few months, microplastics are cropping up someplace else they don’t belong: testicles, placentas, carotid artery plaque, lungs. These infinitesimally small plastic particles, which are smaller than 5 millimeters across, have most recently been detected in brains, according to a new study.

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