Alarming' amounts of microplastics found in human brains

You don't normally think of your brain being polluted but, chances are, it is. Researchers say they have found an "alarming" amount of microplastics in human brains, as well as other crucial organs.

"There’s much more plastic in our brains than I ever would have imagined or been comfortable with, said Matthew Campen, a toxicologist at the University of New Mexico, one of the scientists studying the issue.

Given the research findings, “it is now imperative to declare a global emergency” to deal with plastic pollution, said Sedat-Guendogdu, who studies microplastics at Cukurova University in Turkey.

Humans are exp ...