First test of damage from plastic on man, double heart risks. Nanoplastics were identified for the first time in the atherosclerotic plaques of the arteries.
The 'polluted' plaques are more inflamed and cause a more than 2-fold increase in the risk of heart attacks and strokes. An editorial accompanies the study which defines the discovery as "revolutionary" and calls the discovery of the plastic plaques'revolutionary' The study was carried out by the University of Campania 'Vanvitelli'