Microplastics in breast milk

Using Raman spectroscopy, particles of polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and polypropylene with sizes ranging from 2 to 12 micrometers were found in women’s breast milk. In their abstract,

The widespread use of plastics determines the inevitable human exposure to its by-products, including microplastics (MPs), which enter the human organism mainly by ingestion, inhalation, and dermal contact.

Once internalised, MPs may pass across cell membranes and translocate to different body sites, triggering specific cellular mechanisms.

Microplastic contamination was found in 26 out of 34 samples.

Notably, the amount of microplastic in the breast milk may have been underestimated since only 4 gm aliquots of milk were studied. Imagine how much microplastics are in 8 ounces of breast milk.

Microplastic amount 0not related to lifestyle

Statistical analysis was done to see if there is a relationship between the patients’ age, use of personal care products containing plastic compounds, and consumption of fish/shellfish, beverages, and food in plastic packaging, but no significant relationship was found.

The absence of correlation suggests that the ubiquitous MP presence makes human exposure inevitable.

In their discussion, the authors referred to other studies demonstrating microplastics in the lungs, large intestines, and blood. The same authors detected microplastics in the human placenta.

I talked about that in Microplastics found in the Human Placenta, Intestines, and Sputum.

Microplastics in the human body have potentially toxic effects and possibly more in babies.

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Reference: 

Ragusa et al. Raman Microspectroscopy Detection and Characterisation of Microplastics in Human Breastmilk. Polymers 2022, 14(13), 2700

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