NBC News: “The average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of ever so tiny nanoplastics, detected and categorized for the first time by a microscope using dual lasers.”
Jason Somarelli, Duke University professor of medicine, explained:
“For me, the additives are most concerning. We and others have shown that these nanoplastics can be internalized into cells and we know that nanoplastics carry all kinds of chemical additives that could cause cell stress, DNA damage and change metabolism or cell function.”
The article went on to say:
“Researchers still can’t answer the big question: Are those nanoplastic pieces harmful to health? ‘That’s currently under review. We don’t know if it’s dangerous or how dangerous,’ said study co-author Phoebe Stapleton, a toxicologist at Rutgers. ‘We do know that they are getting into the tissues (of mammals, including people) … and the current research is looking at what they’re doing in the cells.'”
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