"Microplastics are showing up everywhere in the human body, but what does this actually mean for our health? For starters: potentially crumbling our poor skeletons. New research suggests that the inescapable plastic particles could be weakening our bones by hindering their ability to generate new tissue. This, along with other harmful effects on bone health that the researchers found, could be contributing to a rise in diseases like osteoporosis worldwide."
"Some research has suggested that microplastics could be contributing to rising rates of mental health issues like depression and dementia, with a recent study showing that mice that were deliberately exposed to the particles developed symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. Other studies have shown that "microplastics impair cell viability, accelerate cell aging, and alter cell differentiation, in addition to promoting inflammation," said Oliveira, coordinator of the Laboratory for Mineral and Bone Studies in Nephrology at the State University of Campinas in Brazil."
Microplastics are virtually omnipresent in the human body, appearing in brains, bloodstreams, bodily fluids, and bone marrow. The particles can weaken bones by hindering new tissue generation and may be contributing to rising osteoporosis rates. Experimental evidence in mice links deliberate exposure to Alzheimer’s-like symptoms. Laboratory findings show microplastics impair cell viability, accelerate cellular aging, alter cell differentiation, and promote inflammation. A review of more than 60 in vitro and animal studies indicates that microplastics produce multiple harmful effects on bone health, including reduced bone formation and other degenerative changes.
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