Study Reveals a Shocking Amount of Plastic in The Arteries of Stroke Patients
April 23, 2025 | Source: Science Alert | by Morgan McFall-Johnsen
Tiny, microscopic bits of plastic have been found almost everywhere researchers look – including throughout the human body.
Microplastics and their even tinier cousins, nanoplastics, are probably flowing through your blood and building up in your organs like the lungs and liver.
Now, a new study is connecting the dots on microplastics’ mysterious correlation with heart attack and stroke risk.
“There are some microplastics in normal, healthy arteries,” Dr. Ross Clark, a University of New Mexico medical researcher who led the study, told Business Insider before he presented his findings at the meeting of the American Heart Association in Baltimore on Tuesday.