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Do retainers release microplastics?
Retainers Release Microplastics, As Do Other Plastic Orthodontics
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Research-backed insights on microplastics, health, and what you can do about it.
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Microplastics in pee and impacts to health
Emerging research shows that our body removes most “larger” microplastics naturally. Additionally, our bodies can remove microplastics through urine. We know this as numerous studies…
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Microplastics in Poop – The Most Common Removal Method
The majority of ingested microplastics are removed via feces, especially the larger microplastics. However, smaller fragments, particularly nanoplastics, can pass directly through our intestinal walls,…
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Do microplastics make you fat?
Here’s how microplastics can impact body fat and metabolic health.
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Do microplastics lower testosterone?
Microplastics interfere with testosterone production at multiple points in the process, from the hypothalamus to the testes.
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Do microplastics break down?
Microplastics do, in fact, break down through a combination of environmental and biological processes. However, the rate of degradation is extremely slow, incomplete, and has…
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Do microplastics cross the blood-brain barrier?
Microplastics in your brain – how do they get there?
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Microplastics and dementia – is there any correlation?
Neurotoxicity and Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption
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Do microplastics affect fertility?
Microplastics have been detected in both human semen and testes, raising alarms about their direct effects on sperm quality and testicular health [6–12]. Multiple studies…
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Do microplastics harm humans?
Well, on a molecular level, microplastics harm our cells. From the bloodstream to the lungs, and from placentas to digestive tracts, they are showing up…