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What Are The Health Risks of Microplastics In Our Bodies?

And they’re in our bodies, with recent research finding microplastics in our arteries. “The rate of increase in microplastics in the environment is exponential and we have every reason to believe that the concentrations in our bodies will continue to increase in the coming years and decades,” says Matthew Campen, PhD, a professor at the University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy in Albuquerque, who has researched microplastics.

While there’s a growing body of evidence linking microplastics to a wide range of health

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