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Beyond the ‘Bombshell’: Scientific Context in Microplastics Research

Beyond the ‘Bombshell’: Scientific Context in Microplastics Research

by Mikroplastik Araştırma Grubu | Feb 12, 2026 | News

The Microplastic Research Group’s response to The Guardian feature Recent media coverage, in particular The Guardian’s article “A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body”, has suggested that parts of microplastics...
Microplastics are found in human blood for the first time

Microplastics are found in human blood for the first time

by Mikroplastik Araştırma Grubu | Mar 25, 2022 | News

Microplastics – tiny pieces of plastic less than 5mm in diameter – have been found in human blood for the first time. Scientists in the Netherlands took blood samples from 22 healthy adult donors and analyzed them for particles as small as 700 nm. The researchers...

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