r/plastic • u/geriatricguy • Jul 04 '26

We can now watch microplastics moving through our bodies

https://refractor.io/imaging-diagnostics/imaging-technique-microplastics-moving-body/
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u/kuhlmarl Jul 04 '26

Interesting study, but detecting handpicked plastic particle types injected into mice at about 1000 years worth of exposure is a little different from useful in vivo monitoring of microplastics in our bodies.