How Microplastics In The Brain Could Have The Power To Change Our Behavior

Image caption: Microplastics are disastrous for our ecosystems, but we’re still just learning about what they might be doing to our health. Image credit: Florida Sea Grant via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). Article by Laura Simmons. IFLScience – August 31, 2023. Source: International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

Microplastics can accumulate in the brains of mammals and even lead to behavioral changes, according to a new study. This not only adds to the growing body of evidence about the harm that microplastics are doing to our environment, but crucially provides new insight into what they could be doing to our bodies as well. […]

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