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Microplastics Less Than 5mm, Plastic Bottle Mineral Water Research shows that '240,000 microplastics per liter' are warned one after another.

Microplastics are very small in size and thus they easily enter and accumulate in the body.

240,000 microplastics per liter were found in bottled water sold in local marts in the U.S.

On August 13, the Seoul Institute of Health and Environment also released a study highlighting that microplastics float in the air which harms people. Following a series of studies warning that microplastics are harmful to our bodies, a research team from the private University of Danube in Austria announced the results of having participants drink tap water for two weeks on July 26.

The participants' blood pressure was lower than when they drank water from plastic bottles and they became healthier.

The research team explained that reducing the use of plastic reduces the microplastics in their blood vessels, which leads to a drop in blood pressure.

This suggests that the harmful impact of microplastics is significant enough that tap water is a healthier alternative to bottled water.

In 2021, researchers from the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea published a study that neurotoxic substances spread throughout the body when microplastics accumulate in the brain.

Neurotoxic substances can cause brain diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

Microplastics often contain toxic chemicals added during their manufacturing process, such as bisphenol A (BPA), phthalates, and flame retardants.

These chemicals can leach out from the plastics into the body.

Many of these substances are known endocrine disruptors, meaning they can interfere with the body's hormonal systems, potentially affecting reproductive health, growth, and overall development.

According to a 2023 study by Busan National University , when microplastics are delivered to fetuses in mothers' stomachs, a child can suffer from neurodevelopmental disorders after birth.

The researchers also explained that when heavy metals in microplastics are delivered to the central nervous system, abnormal behavior can occur due to damage to cells that control behavior.

The central nervous system is the nervous system, composed of the brain and spinal cord,plays an important role in regulating the body's movement, behavior, and senses.

In a 2021 study, researchers from the University of Illinois in the U.S. found that microplastics disrupt the endocrine system, which is responsible for releasing hormones in the body.

When microplastics enter the neck, they interfere with the hormone action of the thyroid gland in the neck.

Thyroid hormones are essential for a metabolic function that creates energy from nutrients.

Disruption of these hormones are broken, it becomes difficult to control body temperature and release sweat, and the skin becomes dry and pale.

According to a study published in March by researchers at the Luigi VanVitelli University in Campania, Italy, individuals with microplastics in their blood vessels are at risk four times higher for stroke and heart disease.

When microplastics in your body accumulate throughout your blood vessels, the arteries that deliver blood can become clogged.

When blood vessels are clogged, blood does not circulate, leading to heart attacks and strokes, and in severe cases, death. Microplastics also accumulate in the cochlea in your ears.

On July 24, researchers at Seoul National University College of Medicine announced that microplastics damage hearing through animal testing.

A mouse who ate polyethylene, one of the plastics, is 30 percent more impaired in its hearing than a mouse who did not eat it.

This suggests that microplastics may contribute to hearing loss along with other health issues.