Good News: You Probably Don’t Have a Spoon’s Worth of Plastic in Your Brain After All

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Yahoo

You might have a spoon's worth of microplastics - in your brain.

The average brain may contain a spoonful of plastic, a new study suggests. The number of tiny bits of plastic found in human brains increased dramatically between 2016 and 2024, with the highest ...
KLTV

Human brains contain an entire plastic spoon’s worth of nanoplastics, researchers find

(CNN) – A new study found human brain samples contain an entire plastic spoon’s worth of nanoplastics. The study was published on Monday in the “Nature Medicine” journal. Researchers studied human ...
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Research Suggests There May Be A Plastic Spoon's Worth of Plastic in Your Brain: Analysis Warns of Health Implications

A plastic spoon’s worth of plastic is inside your brain: “Research reveals that human brains contain approximately a spoon's worth of microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs), with levels 3-5 times ...
CNN

McDonald’s is getting rid of McFlurry spoons

McDonald’s is getting rid of one its most recognizable utensils. The McFlurry spoon, which sparked confusion among its fans for being hollow, is being phased out as the fast food chain says it seeks ...