Study Shows Microplastics in 84% of Severe Heart Attacks

Conceptual medical illustration of an anatomical heart gradually turning into cracked plastic as microplastic particles accumulate, representing research linking microplastics in the blood of heart attack patients.

CLIFF NOTES: Researchers tested coronary blood from 61 patients in Italy. Microplastics appeared in 84.2% of severe heart attack patients. Polyethylene was found in 97% of patients who tested positive. Smoking was the strongest independent predictor of detectable plastics. The study found an association but did not prove that plastics cause heart attacks. A new … Read more