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Scientists have found [COLOR=var(--theme-paragraph__link-color)]microplasticshttps://www.cnn.com/2023/11/15/weather/microplastic-pollution-weather-study-climate/index.html in human penises for the first time, as concerns over the tiny particles' proliferation and [COLOR=var(--theme-paragraph__link-color)]potential health effects[/COLOR] mount.[/COLOR]
Seven different kinds of microplastics were found in four out of five samples of penis tissue taken from five different men as part of a study published in [COLOR=var(--theme-paragraph__link-color)]IJIR: Your Sexual Medicine Journalhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41443-024-00930-6#: on Wednesday.[/COLOR]
Microplastics are polymer fragments that can range from less than 0.2 inch (5 millimeters) down to 1/25,000th of an inch (1 micrometer). Anything smaller is a nanoplastic that must be measured in billionths of a meter. They form when larger plastics break down, either by chemically degrading or physically wearing down into smaller pieces.