Presence of airborne microplastics in human lung tissue

Written By Eve Fox

ScienceDirect: Journal of Hazardous Materials | May 24, 2021 | Luís Fernando Amato-Lourenço, Regiani Carvalho-Oliveira, Gabriel Ribeiro Júnior, Luciana dos Santos Galvão, Rômulo Augusto Ando, Thais Mauad

Highlights

  • Microplastics may be present in human lung tissue.

  • For the first time microplastics in lung were characterized using Raman spectroscopy.

  • Particles of the most produced and consumed plastics ranged from 1.60 to 5.56 µm.

  • The study sheds new light on the level of human exposure to airborne microplastics.

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