CNN —
Human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more
tiny shards of plasticthan samples collected eight years prior, according to a preprint
posted online in May. A preprint is a study which has not yet been peer-reviewed and published in a journal.
“The concentrations we saw in the brain tissue of normal individuals, who had an average age of around 45 or 50 years old, were 4,800 micrograms per gram, or 0.5% by weight,” said lead study author Matthew Campen, a regents’ professor of pharmaceutical sciences at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.
“Compared to autopsy brain samples from 2016, that’s about 50% higher,” Campen said. “That would mean that our brains today are 99.5% brain and the rest is plastic.”……
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/23/health/plastics-in-brain-wellness?cid=ios_app