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Health Harms Linked to Living Near Highly Microplastic-Polluted US Coastlines, Study Finds
- Researchers published a 2025 study linking high microplastic pollution in ocean waters near US coastal counties to increased prevalence of cardiometabolic diseases.
- The study analyzed marine microplastic concentrations measured between 2015 and 2020 and compared disease rates accounting for age, gender, and socioeconomic factors.
- Findings show 18% higher type 2 diabetes, 7% higher coronary artery disease, and 9% higher stroke rates among residents near heavily microplastic-polluted waters.
- Authors called the results compelling but urged more individual-level research and interventions to reduce micro- and nanoplastic exposure in the environment.
- The study suggests plastic pollution poses a public health risk beyond environmental harm and highlights the need to limit microplastics to protect community health.
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Microplastic-Water Risks; Predictive Sit-Rise Test; Bioresorbable Scaffold Setback
(MedPage Today) -- People living near microplastic-polluted ocean waters tended to have more cardiometabolic diseases in an observational study. (Journal of the American Heart Association) The salt in drinking water was associated with higher...
Experts issue warning as new research reveals increasing threat to US coastal cities: 'Expected to accelerate in the next century'
Recent research from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science shows the effects of past and projected rising sea levels on American cities along the Gulf of Mexico's coastline and especially in states like Texas, where the rate of rise continues to accelerate. What's happening? The researchers measured changes across 36 different coastal locations, according to a late-May report from Newsweek, and found that many communities in Texas are at part…
Microplastics and chemicals are already present in almost any place. Packs, food, drugs, cosmetics, clothing, paint and even in dust, soil and air. Scientists have been warning about this widespread contamination that, according to studies, would have also passed to the body of animals... and humans. The so-called endocrine disruptors have health consequences that, in the case of fetuses, are for life. The amount of chemicals released from the p…
Berliner Morgenpost
ikz-online.deNutritionist Matthias Riedl warns of this invisible danger, as these tiny particles are causing an increasing number of lifestyle diseases.
The presence of microplastics in commercial salts from different countries
The occurrence of microplastics (MPs) in saltwater bodies is relatively well studied, but nothing is known about their presence in most of the commercial salts that are widely consumed by humans across the globe. Here, we extracted MP-like particles larger than 149 μm from 17 salt brands originating from 8 different countries followed by the identification of their polymer composition using micro-Raman spectroscopy. Microplastics were absent in …
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