A new study identified the tiny pollutants in the olfactory bulbs of eight cadavers, suggesting microplastics can travel ...

Our microplastics problem isn't going away. These tiny fragments of plastic pollution have previously shown up in our lungs, ...

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Microplastics can invade the olfactory bulb of the human nose, which transmits smells to the brain, a new study found.

Scientists in Brazil found microplastics in the brain tissue of cadavers, according to a new study published Monday in the ...

Researchers have identified microplastics in the human olfactory bulb, highlighting a potential pathway for these particles ...

For the first time, scientists have detected microscopic microplastics lodged in the human brain.Researchers in Germa ...

The olfactory bulbs, located at the bottom of the brain with one in each nasal cavity, contain different kinds of nerve cells that are responsible for helping us smell. The most common material ...

Many might remember last year's research from URI showing that microplastics breached the blood barrier to the brain of lab ...

The latest research looked at a part of the brain called the olfactory bulb, which processes information about smell. Humans have two olfactory bulbs, one above each nasal cavity. Connecting the ...

The threads and microplastic pieces were discovered in the olfactory bulb, the part of the nose responsible for detecting odors that sits at the base of the brain. “Once present in this ...