Study Shows Microplastics in 84% of Severe Heart Attacks
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