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    Microplastics flowing in our bodies?

    • Last Update: 2022-04-28
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    [ Hot Focus on Chemical Machinery and Equipment Network ] Plastic pollution is a problem that has plagued our lives for a long time.
    Although relevant policies and incentive projects have made plastic pollution remediation work under the attention of many parties in recent years, but now we are faced with of plastic pollution may be even worse than ours
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    Chemical machinery and equipment network hotspots focus on chemical machinery and equipment
    In a new issue of the International Journal of the Environment, a team of Dutch scientists published a paper on plastic pollution, mentioning that they found microplastics in human blood in their research, and believe that these blood Microplastics can also enter human organs
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    The paper mentioned that the team of scientists responsible for the project tested the blood samples of 22 anonymous healthy volunteers and found that nearly 80% of the blood samples contained microplastics, and PET plastic (plastic) was found in half of the blood samples.
    A common material for beverage bottles), one-third of the samples contained polystyrene (a common plastic used in single-use food packaging)
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    However, at present, the sample base is still relatively small, so this result can only show that microplastics have begun to affect the body of some people, but to what extent, it is still impossible to draw conclusions, but at least this result has The persuasiveness of it can already serve as a warning
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    Today, when you see the term microplastics, I believe that everyone should be familiar with it
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    Such plastic particles with a diameter of less than 5 mm are themselves a kind of plastic waste with strong diffusivity and pollution, and on the other hand, due to their large specific surface area, they are also ideal carriers for organic pollutants
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    In the past, a large number of studies have proved that microplastics have become one of the main pollutants of ocean pollution and air pollution
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    Microplastics have been detected in many marine organisms before
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      In fact, judging from the relevant reports and related research results in the past, the detection of microplastics in the human body is an expected situation
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    From the point of view of transmission, most of the time microplastics are produced because of our life and production, and they can also spread silently around us through air and water, so our lives have always been exposed to this kind of microplastic pollution environment
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    At the same time, the existence of microplastics in animals also shows that microplastics have begun to appear in the food chain of organisms, and we, as part of the food chain, may naturally be affected
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      So how do we deal with this situation? Truth be told, the issue is complicated
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    Whether it is PET plastic or polystyrene, it is a common type of plastic in the catering industry.
    In other words, in our daily eating habits, the presence of plastic is already very strong, and we are likely to ingest microplastics unconsciously.

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    If you want to change, you must find a way to develop a safer and more environmentally friendly plastic substitute that can meet the physical properties.
    This is obviously not an easy task
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      At the same time, there are many daily necessities that can "manufacture" microplastics in our lives, such as contact lenses, some cheap toothpaste or facial cleansers.
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    For most people, the microplastics produced by such daily necessities are very difficult It is hard to avoid being realized
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      Therefore, in the face of the pollution of microplastics, in fact, further intervention of relevant institutions is still required.
    In addition to the basic prevention and control work, the sources of microplastics in the market should be detected and dealt with, and the details of life should be started as much as possible to reduce microplastics.
    production
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    With the advancement of technology and the development of materials science, microplastic pollution can be eliminated
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