ArticleBody:As if last month’s news that microplastics are easily detectable in human testicles wasn’t bad enough, a new study now further confirms an unfortunately logical conclusion to the uncomfortable truth—polymer particles are increasingly being found in semen. And while previous research documented the pollutants in just some samples, the latest results are especially disconcerting.
“As an emerging body of research increasingly implicates microplastic exposure as a potential factor impacting human health, understanding the extent of human contamination and relations to reproductive outcomes is imperative,” the team wrote in their study. Unfortunately, the news isn’t exactly shocking, since it’s difficult to find a place on the planet that doesn’t include traces of microplastics now.