In 2025, a groundbreaking new study revealed something alarming; published in Nature Medicine examined human brains from people who died 2016 and 2024. Our brains are accumulating micro-and nano plastics (MNPs)- and levels were even higher with peoples with dementia.
The results shocked everyone: human brain contains upto 50% more (MNPs) than just eight years ago. In some cases, the frontal cortex concentration equivalent to 0.5% of the tissues weight-comparable to the weight of a plastic spoon's worth of plastic shards in an average adult brain. The organ that controls your thought, memories and personality is now accumulating more plastic than your liver or kidneys and the problem is getting worse fast now.
The Disturbing 2025 Discovery
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