Plastics, Fossil Carbon, and the Heart
Microplastics and nanoplastics were detectable in the excised plaque of 58% of the patients.
The presence of #microplastics or #nanoplastics in #carotid artery plaque was associated with a subsequent risk of nonfatal myocardial #infarction, nonfatal #stroke, or #death from any cause that was 2.1 times that in patients whose plaques did not contain microplastics or nanoplastics.
Patients with microplastics or nanoplastics in their plaque tissue also had elevated expression of circulating inflammatory markers
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So am I right to interpret
micro as 10-6
nano as 10-9
So would this be the diameter of the plastics?
