A recent French study using strict contamination controls tested 79 beverage samples for microplastics. It shocked everyone when many of the glass bottled beverages tested higher in microplastics than the plastic bottles! On average, the glass bottles had 5x to 50x levels higher contamination.
Why? The culprit turns out to be the caps, which are lined and sealed using plastic that easily shed. This is easily fixable, but people need to first become aware of the issue so they can see to it being addressed.
Numerous studies have provided evidence on the pervasiveness of microplastics. Scientists have detected microplastic in all kinds of human tissues, including the placenta, liver, lungs, kidney, spleen, heart, and brain.
We now consume and breathe in about 5 grams of plastic weekly; that is about the weight of a credit card. About 21 grams of plastic per month — equivalent to one Lego brick.
In a year’s time, you’ve consumed 250 grams, or the size of a full dinner plate’s-worth of plastic. In 10 years, you’ve ingested around 5.5 pounds. And, if you total all that, the amounts reach about 40 pounds in a lifetime.
Although a significant amount will pass through and be excreted from your system, some will remain and accumulate in your organs.
Studies have shown that microplastics are cytotoxic — meaning they are toxic to your cells. Microplastic particles enter your cells within 24 hours of exposure, and accumulate primarily around the nucleus. As microplastics levels and exposure time increased, cell viability significantly decreases.
Plastic particles are among the top 10 predictors of chronic disease. Another way by which microplastics wreak havoc on your health is by damaging your fertility; microplastics accumulate in both male and female reproductive organs, contributing to declining fertility rates worldwide.
But microplastics also travel all over your body, causing harm to your organs. One of the most severely affected is your brain:
Microplastics put you at risk of neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia and Alzheimer’s. People with dementia test higher for microplastics.
Your brain harbors, on average, seven to 30 times more microplastics than the other organs examined, and cause obstructions in your brain. Studies find that once microplastics are in the bloodstream, they are quickly engulfed by detox cells. These cells can then be trapped within the narrow capillaries of the brain's cortex, causing physical obstructions that directly impede blood flow. This reduced blood flow in the brain leads to a cascade of neurological and cognitive problems.
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