Microplastics and the much smaller nanoplastics enter the human body in various ways, for example through food or the air we breathe. A large proportion is excreted, but a certain amount remains in ...

Microplastics and much smaller nanoplastics enter the human body in various ways, for example through food or the air we ...

Microplastics and the much smaller nanoplastics enter the human body in various ways, for example through food or the air we breathe.

Microplastics and the much smaller nanoplastics enter the human body in various ways, for example through food or the air we breathe. A large ...

"Our method for detecting micro- and nanoplastics can be applied to clear body fluids such as urine, tear fluid or blood plasma," said Harald Fitzek. "It is also suitable for the continuous monitoring ...

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While the threat that microplastics pose to human and ecological health has been richly documented and is well known, nanoplastics, which are smaller than one micrometer (1/50th the thickness of an ...