for the first time found microplastics in the hearts of humans undergoing cardiac surgery. Yep, while you may think that you have a heart of gold or perhaps stone, your heart may actually have microplastics in it. And in this case, life in plastic is not fantastic, regardless of what the Barbie song by Aqua says.
For the study, a team from Capital Medical University, the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College in Beijing used a laser direct infrared chemical imaging system and scanning electron microscopy to examine specimens collected from 15 patients who underwent cardiac surgery. Yes, they used freaking laser beams to detect the presence of microplastics in samples of tissue from the heart and surrounding structures.
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