Microplastics in Human Placentas Linked to Premature Births

Photo credit: Pavel Danilyuk via Pexels. Article by Paige Bennett. EcoWatch – January 31, 2025.

A new study presented as part of the annual Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine meeting has revealed a link between microplastic bioaccumulation in the human placenta to preterm, or premature, births. In the study, researchers analyzed 175 placentas collected at both term and preterm, or under 37 weeks of pregnancy, and measured the amounts of 12 different […]

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