That “unbelievable amount” was equal to the amount of plastic used to make a plastic spoon. Here’s the scoop, just for perspective, on that: the average size of a plastic spoon is 5.5 inches.

According to a study published in Brain Medicine, the human brain contains roughly a plastic spoon’s worth of microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs), with concentrations 3-5 times higher in ...

On average, the total amount of plastics found in the brain in each of the 2024 samples is about the same amount found in a disposable plastic spoon, say the researchers. What's perhaps even more ...

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