Microplastics Inhaled Lodge in Airways; Humans Inhale Equiv 1 Credit Card A Week 💳

[appalachiablue]

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Microplastics You Inhale Are Getting Lodged in Airways, June 13, 2023, U.S. News.

-- Humans are inhaling microplastics from the degradation of plastic products in the environment, and these tiny plastic particles are sticking in human airways, according to researchers.

People inhale about 16.2 bits of these microplastics every hour --- the equivalent of a whole credit card each week --- according to a study published June 13 in Physics of Fluids. These microplastics usually contain toxic chemicals.

“This study emphasizes the need for greater awareness of the presence and potential health impacts of microplastics in the air we breathe,” study co-author YuanTong Gu said in a journal news release. He's a professor at Queensland University of Technology in Australia.
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2023-06-13/microplastics-you-inhale-are-getting-lodged-in-airways

[hunter]

1. Maybe that explains why people support Trump.

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit snorting plastic...

[hueymahl]

2. Thanks for posting

This is a serious issue. Easier to joke about it I guess than do anything hard like bam most plastics.

[appalachiablue]

3. Banning them & also cleanup which would be massive -fibers & fragments

are all over the earth, in oceans, waterways and the air and clouds. Many heads need to roll..

[dwayneb]

4. Terrifying but not surprising

How many lung cancers are wholly or partly caused by microplastics? That is the next question that must be answered. Do lung cancer death rates and other respiratory illnesses like COPD correlate to the increase in atmospheric microplastics?

Is anyone looking for a way to cleanse the lungs of these materials? As least sinuses can be flushed.