A new study has found a dramatic increase in levels of microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) in human brains in recent years. MNPs have previously been detected in human lungs, intestine, bone marrow and placenta. In the new study, researchers took one tissue sample from the brain, kidney and liver of 80 people autopsied in 2016 […]
It’s not just in it, it’s the packaging too, and it’s the fat content, because fat usually helps with moving that plastic (and many other things). Packaging also refers to the containers used for food delivery.
from this paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165993623000808
If you’re only focusing on “processed foods”, you’re missing the bigger problem.
I didn’t mean to imply it only came from trash food, I only intended to show one/two examples where associated cancer risk [edit: could be] correlated and not causal.
I am not saying microplastics are neutral. I am saying that the title of this article is clickbatey.