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

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

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

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

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 ...

For the first time, scientists have detected microscopic microplastics lodged ... detected within their brain's smell centers, the olfactory bulb. Advertisement The particles were likely breathed ...

So just how are this microscopic fragments invading the brain? Amato-Lourenco and colleagues point out that nasal mucosa lying outside the brain may interact with cerebrospinal fluid to allow entry of ...

For the first time, scientists have detected microscopic microplastics lodged in the human brain. Researchers in Germany and Brazil say that 8 out of 15 autopsied adults had microplastics detected ...