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[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I'd like to know the concentration needed to get clots to form.

People, the only proven way to reduce the amount of micro plastics in your blood, is to donate blood. As often as possible. You can do a good thing for selfish reasons.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 days ago (2 children)

So if we want to stay healthy,we need to go back to leeches and bloodletting. I hate this timeline.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

PFAS levels in the groundwater on Jersey have gotten so bad that they actually are recommending bloodletting there.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Hey at least leeches can be pretty cool and fun pets to keep! :p

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago

Good point

I believe the original article is open access: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adr8243

In there, they show the following figure (figure 6):

Where the authors say that 12 μg/ml microplastics in the blood is representative for humans