“Researchers have linked microplastics with a higher risk of stroke, inflammatory bowel disease and dementia. “We are at an early stage, but there is growing evidence that exposure to microplastics is linked to inflammation, coronary artery disease and neurodegenerative impairment,” says John Boland, a chemist at Trinity College Dublin.”

How Microplastics Get into Our Food
Kitchen items—sponges, blenders, kettles—are abundant sources of microplastics that we all consume
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