12/01/2024
“We are coming to reckon with the reality that this is an urgent human health problem,” he added.
By interfering with the chemical messengers governing the human body, micro- and nanoplastics led to a stark increase in conditions including obesity, preterm birth, cancer and heart disease, researchers found.”
“And scientists have linked them to diseases from cancers to liver and kidney problems to low birth weight in children to disruptions to the thyroid gland, something Trasande said is particularly concerning in the case of prenatal exposure, because thyroid hormones are “crucial to a baby’s brain development.”
Chemicals leaching from plastics are leaving Americans notably sicker and poorer, according to a new study. In 2018 alone, the hormone-disrupting effects of plastics in the nation’s food and …
