Stroke Patients Have High Levels of Microplastics Clogging Their Arteries

[rcjordan]

https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/04/23/2122204/stroke-patients-have-high-levels-of-microplastics-clogging-their-arteries-researchers-find

[ergophobe]

>>  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.