Microplastics and Nanoplastics

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  Microplastics and Nanoplastics.

P.K.Ghatak, MD

No.27


Before 1951, hardly anyone knew plastics, and today we are unable to live without plastics. If you pay attention, you will see that you are wearing eyeshades made of plastic, your shoes, shirt, dentures, hearing aids, eyeglass lenses, wallet, handbag, shopping bag, automobile, etc., which are either entirely or partially made of plastic. Likewise, plastics are in every part of the environment, from your household items to the ocean waters, in the air, even in the food and drinks you are about to eat and drink. And if you do not stop there, plastics are in the blood and in all tissues and organs of the body.

On average, a human carries 1.6 micrograms of microplastic per milliliter in the blood.

Microplastics and Nanoplastics:

Microplastics are less than 5 mm in size, mostly around 1mm, about the size of a salt grain; whereas, Nanoplastics are less than 1 nanometer, invisible to the naked eye. Both are degradation products of plastics that we use and throw away every day.

Wind carries nanoplastics, which can enter our respiratory system easily, and microplastics enter our body with food and drinks. Oceans, rivers, and lakes are contaminated with microplastics, and from simple aquatic animals and plants, the microplastics move up the food chain to our dinner plates. There is no way to know the presence of them because, by and large, they are colorless, tasteless, and odorless.

How much microplastics are generated:

In 2020, microplastics were 4 million tons; by 2050, it is projected to reach 2.4 billion tons

Health Risks:

Any foreign substance that has wide distribution in our body is bound to produce some or many ill effects in the long run. Scientists have observed potential areas most likely will have significant ill effects, namely inflammation, cardiovascular, aberrant cell division, and cancer formation.

What hard facts are known so far:

Scientists have observed BSP (Bromosulfophthalein) and Phthalates from the microplastic interfering with the oxidative function of the mitochondria. The inflammatory response of our immune system will malfunction with the accumulation of radicals in our body. It will interfere with the growth hormones and sex hormones production by the endocrine glands. Fertility of both women and men will be affected, along with the growth and development of the fetus in utero and the newborn.

Microplastics are detected in follicular fluid over 2/3 of women tested and in the semen of half of men tested in the USA.

Question for you is this – Microplastic contamination of the semen and fluid surrounding the ovum indicates humans are on the path of the way all endangered species went.

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