The Microplastics in Your Brain May Be Causing Mental Health Issues

Image credit: macrovector via Freepik. Article by Frank Landymore. Futurism: Neoscope – May 21, 2025.

Each of our brains is swimming in enough microplastics to form a plastic spoon, scientists discovered earlier this year. Since then, medical researchers have been scrambling to understand how that could affect our neurological health. Now, ominous data is starting to trickle in, with new research comprising four papers published in the journal Brain Medicine suggesting that microplastics could be contributing to rising rates of depression, dementia, and other mental health ailments across the globe. […] 

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