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Study shows human brain samples contain spoon's worth of microplastics

A new study says the human brain samples contain an entire plastic spoon’s worth of microplastics. Researchers with the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque studied human brain samples collected in autopsies last year and in 2016.

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