A UAB research has characterised in detail how polymer-based commercial tea bags release millions of nanoplastics and microplastics when infused. The study shows for the first time the capacity of these particles to be absorbed by human intestinal cells, and are thus able to reach the bloodstream and spread throughout the body.

  • halyk.the.red@lemmy.ml
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    4 days ago

    We’re all going to require plastic-eating mushroom spores spread on our corpses if we want our bodies to fully decompose.