You could have microplastics in your brain [Video]

A new study has found that more of us may have microplastics inside our bodies than we realize, according to researchers from the University of Mexico.

The study, published this week in the journal Environment Health Perspectives, shared that tiny pieces of plastics are finding their way into the human brain through the things we consume.

According to a press release from the researchers, microplastics are in the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the water we drink, and once ingested, they make their way through our guts to our kidneys, liver, and even brain.

Eliseo Castillo, an associate professor in the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology in the University of New Mexico School of Medicine’s Department of Internal Medicine, shared in the release that the contamination of microplastics is growing, as “they appear to be everywhere.”

“Over the past few decades, microplastics have been found in the ocean, in animals and plants, in tap water and bottled water,” Castillo …