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While many of us are
of the environmental damage done by plastic,
people know about the
from the
of microplastics. Scientists first found them in our bodies more than a
ago. Worryingly, researchers have now found them in the human heart. Scientists at the Beijing Anzhen Hospital in China collected
tissue samples from 15 patients undergoing heart
. After analyzing the samples, they discovered tiny pieces of plastic, from a
of sources. They included a plastic commonly used as a shatter-proof
to glass, a polythene widely used in clothing and food containers, and a polyvinyl chloride used in
.
