A home blood test for microplastics highlights the ease of sample collection, although it proves to be challenging. Microplastics, tiny particles from everyday plastics, infiltrate the air, food, and water, ultimately entering the bloodstream. This innovative test, previously confined to labs, now allows for individual assessment of microplastics in blood. Public health experts emphasize that microplastics can be found throughout the human body, raising important health concerns related to plastic exposure in our daily lives and the implications for human health.
Taking a little sample at home had sounded simple when I had ordered this test kit.
Testing human blood for microplastics is a relatively new thing.
Microplastics are tiny pieces that routinely shed off plastic things we use, like water bottles and synthetic clothing.
"Basically, anywhere you look in the human body, you find them," said Philip Landrigan.
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