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The Data on Microplastics is Truly Horrifying

And the bad news is it's getting much worse.

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Marcus Tisdale
Nov 29, 2025
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This is in your brain.

If you told the average denizen of the 18th century, let’s say New York in 1879, that there is a swirl of shapeless, invisible particles that are progressively disrupting their neuro-chemistry, hormones, reproductive systems, inflammatory responses, and that never leave your body, their mouths would be agape in horror. They’d call …

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