Study reveals first signs that nanoplastics harm human health. Patients with microscopic plastics in their arteries multiply their risk of heart attack, stroke and death by 4.5.
Every year, nearly 400 million tons of plastics are produced each year and are used in products that are everywhere. In this way, it is possible to identify the different types of particles that can accumulate in the body and what measures could be taken to prevent them from arriving in the first place. In the last decades, when the population's exposure to plastics has increased, the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases has decreased.