Hacker News with Generative AI: Microplastics

Could Microplastics Be a Driver for Early Onset Colorectal Cancer? (mdpi.com)
The incidence of colorectal cancer in those under 50 years of age (early onset colorectal cancer (EOCRC)) is increasing throughout the world.

Colorectal Cancer, Health, Medical Research, Microplastics

7 points by ClumsyPilot 47 days ago | 0 comments

Microplastics Seem to Be in Every Kind of Animal Except One (sciencealert.com)
Rocks crumble into the sea as sand. Similarly, the ocean is an inevitable destination of disintegrating human rubbish: microplastics.

Environmental Science, Marine Biology, Pollution, Microplastics

5 points by speckx 59 days ago | 1 comments

Microplastics in the olfactory bulb of the human brain (jamanetwork.com)
This case series provides evidence of MPs found in the human olfactory bulb, suggesting a potential pathway for the translocation of MPs to the brain.

Science, Health, Microplastics, Brain

170 points by hindsightbias 64 days ago | 176 comments

Microplastics are infiltrating brain tissue, studies show (theguardian.com)

Microplastics, Science, Health, Environment

26 points by pizza 91 days ago | 1 comments

Bioaccumulation of Microplastics in Decedent Human Brains (nlm.nih.gov)

Microplastics, Pollution, Human Health, Science

131 points by apsec112 91 days ago | 153 comments

Microplastics are infiltrating brain tissue, studies show (theguardian.com)

Science, Environment, Health, Microplastics

13 points by Luc 92 days ago | 0 comments

Boiling and filtering can remove microplastics from drinking water: study (sciencealert.com)

Water Treatment, Microplastics, Science, Environment

25 points by Brajeshwar 105 days ago | 32 comments

Melamine sponges shed microplastics when scrubbed (pubs.acs.org)

Microplastics, Environmental Science, Consumer Products

16 points by geox 153 days ago | 9 comments

Microplastics Discovered in Human Penises for the First Time (cnn.com)

Microplastics, Human Health, Environment, Science

21 points by jeffwass 155 days ago | 5 comments

How to minimize your exposure to microplastics (nytimes.com)

Health, Environment, Microplastics

17 points by cgoodmac 157 days ago | 7 comments

The Most Disturbing Places We've Found Microplastics So Far (gizmodo.com)

Microplastics, Pollution, Environment, Science

46 points by nehagup 171 days ago | 44 comments

Microplastic presence in dog and human testis (academic.oup.com)

Microplastics, Environment, Health, Biology

41 points by alecst 184 days ago | 24 comments

Microplastics found in every human testicle in study (theguardian.com)

Microplastics, Health, Environment, Science, Human Biology

25 points by ceejayoz 184 days ago | 31 comments

Scientists Confirm Microplastics Now Detected in Human Testicles (sciencealert.com)

Science, Health, Environment, Microplastics

38 points by clumsysmurf 184 days ago | 3 comments

Microplastics found in every human testicle in study (theguardian.com)

Microplastics, Human Health, Environment, Science, Study

18 points by pseudolus 185 days ago | 5 comments

UNM Researchers Find Microplastics in Canine and Human Testicular Tissue (hsc.unm.edu)

Microplastics, Health, Science, Biology, Research

37 points by ripjaygn 186 days ago | 15 comments

Microplastics make their way from the gut to other organs, researchers find (medicalxpress.com)

Microplastics, Science, Environment, Health, Research

70 points by PaulHoule 211 days ago | 32 comments