Reducing microplastic exposure: the four habits we should all be prioritizing
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM In 2025, researchers publishing in Nature Medicine found microplastics in human brain tissue at concentrations considerably higher than in the liver or kidneys. The year before, scientists at Columbia and Rutgers counted hundreds of thousands of nanoplastic particles in a single liter of bottled water, many small enough to potentially cross biological barriers in the body. This is no longer mainly an environmental story. It is a human health one, and discover
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