Tiny pieces of plastic are infiltrating the large arteries in the neck that carry blood from the heart to the head, with the highest amounts found in fatty buildup in ...

ShareA new study led by researchers in the United States has found that microplastics could be contributing to clogged arteries, thereby increasing people’s risk of heart attack or stroke. Fatty ...

Researchers are just beginning to understand how microplastics might be affecting human health. A Reporter visited a lab to ...

A study in rats found that ingesting chitosan, a dietary fiber from shells, significantly increased the fecal excretion rate ...

A small study found that fatty buildup in the blood vessels of the neck (carotid arteries) may contain 50 times or more micronanoplastics -- minuscule bits of plastic -- compared to arteries free of ...

Micronanoplastics—tiny plastic particles from environmental sources—were found in much higher concentrations in the arteries of people with plaque-related stroke symptoms compared to those with ...

People with plaque in the blood vessels of their neck have a higher amount of tiny plastic particles in those vessels ...

Kane was struck by the high concentrations of microplastics found in the sediment, especially because Whittard Canyon is so ...

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WEDNESDAY, April 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Microplastics could be contributing to clogged arteries, increasing people’s ...

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