fetuses

Tiny plastic particles have been discovered in the organs of unborn baby rats, the first time microplastics have been seen to cross the placenta in live mammals. Researchers found the particles inhaled by the mother travelled across the placenta and into the developing lungs, brain and heart of the foetus.  The study also revealed that … Read more

Tiny ‘nanoparticles’ of plastic that drift around every surface and substance of our world can pass from a mother’s body to her fetus’s brain, heart or lungs, a new study in rats suggests.  We don’t know exactly how these tiny bits of trash affect human health, but we do know that humans ingest and inhale … Read more