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Why We Are Here => Water Cooler => Topic started by: rcjordan on April 24, 2025, 02:32:15 PM

Title: Stroke Patients Have High Levels of Microplastics Clogging Their Arteries
Post by: rcjordan on April 24, 2025, 02:32:15 PM

https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/04/23/2122204/stroke-patients-have-high-levels-of-microplastics-clogging-their-arteries-researchers-find
Title: Re: Stroke Patients Have High Levels of Microplastics Clogging Their Arteries
Post by: ergophobe on April 24, 2025, 10:25:03 PM
>>  In the high-plastic environment, one group of immune cells had switched off a gene that's associated with turning off inflammation.

That is frightening. My first though was that they high levels of plaque could be correlation - people who eat lots of pre-packaged foods would likely be eating less healthy foods and more plastic.