How can microplastic enter our body and how are Microplastics ingested?
They may affect human health through food consumption or inhalation. Ingested or inhaled microplastics may accumulate in the body and trigger an immune response or cause local toxicity.
Microplastics can act as carriers of other environmental toxins, such as polystyrene , and exposure to high concentrations of polystyrene are detrimental to human lung cells, increasing the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Can your body … “fight” microplastics?
Dendritic cells have the machinery to break down bacteria, but they lack the tools to break down plastic particles. But they try, and fail, and keep trying.
Microplastics can get absorbed into the human bloodstream as it has been detected in human blood, with scientists finding the tiny particles in almost 80% of the people tested. The discovery shows the particles can travel around the body and may lodge in organs. The impact on health is yet unknown.
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