Published on: 2025-04-30 23:15:26
Image by Peter Dazeley via Getty / Futurism Treatments A high-end medical practice is offering clients the purported service of scrubbing their blood of microplastics. In an interview with Wired, Clarify Clinics CEO Yael Cohen said that her London facility's bespoke blood-filtering service — which is otherwise known as apheresis and generally used for plasma donation or other so-called therapeutic plasma exchange procedures — is so comfortable that some patients doze off during it. "Once it’s
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A new study from the University of California, Los Angeles has discovered that there are microplastics in chewing gum. Both natural and synthetic gum releases microplastics into the mouth when chewed, according to a statement published in Chemistry for Life. Out of the 10 brands of chewing gum that were tested, all were found to contain microplastics. According to the statement, "[The lab] measured an average of 100 microplastics released per gram of gum, though some individual gum pieces releas
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A new study from the University of California, Los Angeles has discovered that there are microplastics in chewing gum. Both natural and synthetic gum releases microplastics into the mouth when chewed, according to a statement published in Chemistry for Life. Out of the 10 brands of chewing gum that were tested, all were found to contain microplastics. According to the statement, "[The lab] measured an average of 100 microplastics released per gram of gum, though some individual gum pieces releas
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This is a non-exhaustative list of places microplastics have been found: Mount Everest, the Mariana Trench, Antarctic snow, clouds, plankton, turtles, whales, cattle, birds, tap water, beer, salt, human plancentas, semen, breast milk, feces, testicles, livers, brains, arteries, and blood. My blood, specifically. In early March I milked a few drops out of my fingertips and sent the sample to be tested for microplastics. I was in the London office of Clarify Clinics—a firm that offers to cleanse
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Image by Getty / Futurism Developments Not to burst your perfectly blown bubble, but it turns out that chewing gum may be flooding your mouth with microplastics. As detailed in a pilot study, which is awaiting peer review, a team of UCLA researchers found that chomping down on just one stick of the rubbery candy releases up to thousands of microplastic shards into your saliva. The findings, which will be presented at a meeting of the American Chemical Society this week, are yet another exampl
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Microplastics have been under the microscope lately, especially considering it's estimated that people consume between 39,000 and 52,000 microplastic particles yearly. That number goes up to 74,000 to 121,000 particles when you include those we breathe in. Microplastics have become such a part of our lives that a new study found a plastic spoon's worth of tiny plastic shards in human brain tissue. That sounds bad, but exactly how bad is it? To dig deeper, we spoke with a family physician about
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In just the last couple of years, scientists have found microplastics in disturbing places, from beneath Arctic ice to human blood, testicles, and even brains. In fact, plastic is so widespread that it has triggered a new geological epoch. Now, researchers have added chewing gum to the growing list of products that expose humans to microplastics. A team of researchers has revealed that chewing a single stick of gum can release hundreds to thousands of microplastics into our saliva—meaning it mo
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This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: The photographs show the TPA product formation at different runs after every 4 h of heating (total reaction time = 20 h). Credit: Green Chemistry (2025). DOI: 10.1039/D4GC05916F Harnessing moisture from air, Northwestern University chemists have developed a simple new method for breaking down plastic waste. The non
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Microplastics have been under the microscope lately, especially considering it's estimated that people consume between 39,000 and 52,000 microplastic particles yearly. That number goes up to 74,000 to 121,000 particles when you include those we breathe in. Microplastics have become such a part of our lives that a new study found a plastic spoon's worth of tiny plastic shards in human brain tissue. That sounds bad, but exactly how bad is it? To dig deeper, we spoke with a family physician about
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You know microplastics, the little bits of plastic trash that've so deeply permeated the Earth that they've been found in clouds, rocks, caves that were sealed off from all humans, and even our brains, arteries, hearts, and sperm? Well, now scientists are warning that these dastardly particles could undermine the entire world's food supplies by undercutting plants' ability to photosynthesize. As detailed in a new meta-study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Scienc
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A recent study found a plastic spoon's worth of tiny plastic shards in human brain tissue. Some researchers have estimated that people consume between 39,000 and 52,000 microplastic particles each year. If we add how much we take in when breathing, that number goes up to 74,000 to 121,000. Microplastics aren't something we can outrun. They're in our water, our clothes and our kitchens. Experts have also found them in the foods we eat. OK, that sounds bad, but how bad is it? "There is no offici
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If the thought of having a spoonful of plastic in your noggin sounds bad to you, you’re not the only one. Scientists are sounding the alarm over a recent study showing that microplastics can accumulate in the brain. Researchers from the U.S. and Canada wrote the commentary, published Tuesday in the journal Brain Medicine. In addition to discussing the recent brain study, they detail the overall science suggesting that microplastics are harming the environment and our health. While more research
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A recent study found a whole plastic spoon's worth of tiny plastic shards in human brain tissue. Pretty wild, right? Some researchers have estimated that people consume between 39,000 and 52,000 microplastic particles each year. If we add how much we take in when breathing, that number goes up to 74,000 to 121,000. Microplastics aren't something we can outrun. They're in our water, our clothes and our kitchens. Experts have also found them in the foods we eat. OK, that sounds bad, but how bad i
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