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Is your body really full of microplastics?

Is your body really full of microplastics?

Science Weekly vor 8 Monaten

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Studies detecting microplastics throughout human bodies have made
for alarming reading in recent years. But last week, the Guardian’s
environment editor, Damian Carrington, reported on major doubts
among a group of scientists about how some of this research has
been conducted. Damian tells Ian Sample how he first heard about
the concerns, why the scientists think the discoveries are probably
the result of contamination and false positives, and where it
leaves the field. He also reflects on how we should now think about
our exposure to microplastics. Help support our independent
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