Micro- and nano-scopic sized pieces of plastic people use everyday can eventually find its way into the most unlikely of places, even in the plaque of clogged arteries of cardiac patients, a recent study found.
“If microplastics might be promoting coronary disease, you might not be able to avoid ingesting the microplastics, because they’re everywhere, but you can sure do the other things. You can keep your blood pressure low. You can exercise. You can get your cholesterol measured,” Gerber said.
Yes, specifically compounds that leach out of the plastic. This has been known for several years. Here’s a recent article that goes over some of the things that leach out and the problems they create https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969723062939 Follow the citations for more details.
Thank you for the article, it looks like there is a lot in the way of getting a clear picture of how much plastic additives and their leaching impact health, but I do think plastic additives have been clearly shown to be toxic and bad for the health. I always feel it is ironic when “BPA-free” is used as marketing, as it isn’t disclosed what other additives they might be adding to that particular plastic, even if it doesn’t use BPA (or whether the plastic even would have had BPA in the first place).