“The researchers found that the particles had begun to bioaccumulate in every organ, including the brain, as well as in bodily waste.”
Thus reads a University of Rhode Island analysis of research on microplastics by a team of their scientists just published in the International Journal of Molecular Science. The URI team fed mice microplastics via drinking water at levels comparable to high levels of human exposure, and this week the university reported:
“They found that microplastic exposure induces both behavioral changes and alterations in immune markers in liver and brain tissues. The study mice began to move and behave peculiarly, exhibiting behaviors akin to dementia in humans. The results were even more profound in older animals.”
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Rhode Islanders are focused on plastic pollution, glad URI is supporting the advocacy with data.
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