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Plastic Pollution Gets Personal
Plastic Pollution Gets Personal

For the first time plastic particles have been found in human blood. A paper published by authors from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the open access journal Environment International on March 24 reports measurable levels in the blood of 17 out of 22 healthy volunteers.

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Environment, Safety, Commercialization, Risk Analysis, Regulation, PolicyFiona Caseplastics pollution, plastic particles in human blood, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Environment International, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), polystyrene, Pyrolysis, gas chromatography, Discovery and quantification of plastic particle pollution in human bloodComment