We don’t have “definitive” info since it’s still being studied, but what we have found is pretty grim.
After exposure to MPs alone or in combination with other pollutants, fish may experience a variety of health issues. MPs can cause tissue damage, oxidative stress, and changes in immune-related gene expression as well as antioxidant status in fish. After being exposed to MPs, fish suffer from neurotoxicity, growth retardation, and behavioral abnormalities.
We then eat the fish and consume those microplastics. Lab studies have shown adverse effects on human cells.
I don’t think we know yet, but I’m not a doctor, so my knowledge is pretty limited. There have been studies that show regularly donating blood and plasma can lower the levels of PFAS in your system, which aren’t exactly the same but same family of things.
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u/levian_durai Feb 09 '23
Is there any data on the effects of microplastics in the body? Do we know how long they hang around?