Cardiology
Plastic in the coronary bloodstream: micro- and nanoplastics raise a new cardiovascular warning
A small Italian study found micro- and nanoplastics far more frequently in the coronary blood of patients experiencing serious heart attacks than in patients with chronic coronary disease or normal coronary arteries. The study cannot prove that plastic particles caused the attacks, but it pushes an uncomfortable question into cardiovascular policy: what happens when exposure…
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