Nanoplastics have been found to enter brain cells that regulate puberty and reproductive hormone production, potentially disrupting normal development. The findings highlight growing concerns about plastic pollution’s impact on reproductive health.
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By Medical News Today Researchers from Duke University School of Medicine have found nanoplastics affect a specific protein found in the brain, causing changes linked…
By Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D. The authors of a peer-reviewed study showing microplastics passed pregnant rats’ intestinal and placental barriers, leading to impaired fetal development, concluded the same could…
The next time you come across a sea turtle in the wild, remember that there are pieces of plastic trash inside the animal’s belly. And if that is…