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Journal of Environmental Exposure Assessment retweeted
For everyone pretending the IV microplastics point is “moral panic,” here’s the research.
This is not anti-IV. IVs save lives.
The point is simple: medical plastics can shed microplastics and nanoplastics, and IV exposure bypasses the gut barrier entirely. The long-term health effects are still being studied, but the exposure route itself is well documented.
1. MPs Entering Human Circulation through Infusions: A Significant Pathway and Health Concern (2025)
Environment & Health
DOI: doi.org/10.1021/envhealth.4c…
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/env…
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4040…
2. Health Risks from Microplastics in Intravenous Infusions: Evidence from Italy, Spain, and Ecuador (2025)
Toxics
DOI: doi.org/10.3390/toxics130705…
mdpi.com/2305-6304/13/7/597
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/article…
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4071…
3. Rapid Detection of Microplastics/Nanoplastics Directly Exposed to Blood During Intravenous Injections via Mie Scattering Spectra (2024)
Journal of Hazardous Materials
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.20…
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3942…
4. Quantitative Analysis of Microplastics and Nanoplastics Released from Disposable PVC Infusion Tubes (2024)
Journal of Hazardous Materials
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.20…
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3814…
5. Direct Entry of Micro(Nano)plastics into Human Blood Circulatory System by Intravenous Infusion (2023)
iScience
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.…
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3807…
6. Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Microplastics Entering Human Blood Through Intravenous Injection (2025)
Environment International
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.202…
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
7. Advanced Optical Photothermal Infrared Spectroscopy for Comprehensive Characterization of Microplastics from Intravenous Fluid Delivery Systems (2024)
Science of the Total Environment
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.…
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
8. Intravenous Hypertonic Fluids as a Source of Human Microplastic Exposure (2024)
Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.etap.2024.…
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
9. Microplastics Entry into the Blood by Infusion Therapy: Few but a Direct Pathway (2023)
Environmental Science & Technology Letters
DOI: doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.…
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
10. Hidden Hazards: Microplastics in Intravenous Admixtures and Their Path into the Body (2025)
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
DOI: doi.org/10.1007/s10661-025-1…
link.springer.com/content/pd…
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4008…
11. Microplastics Release from Infusion Sets During Intravenous Infusion Induces Cardiovascular Toxicity (2026)
Environment International
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.202…
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4181…
12. Microplastic Injection? Identification and Quantification of Plastic Particles in Medical Injections (2024)
Science of the Total Environment
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.…
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3931…
13. Systematic Characterisation of Microplastics Released from Disposable Medical Devices Using Laser Direct Infrared Spectroscopy (2025)
Analytica Chimica Acta
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2025.3…
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4027…
14. Microparticles and Nanoparticles Delivered in Intravenous Saline and in an Intravenous Solution of a Therapeutic Antibody Product (2017)
Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.xphs.2016.…
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2783…
15. Microplastics and Nanoplastics Released from Injection Syringe, Solid and Liquid Dimethylpolysiloxane (PDMS) (2024)
Journal of Hazardous Materials
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.20…
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
16. Microplastics Released from Disposable Medical Devices and Their Toxic Responses in Caenorhabditis elegans (2023)
Environmental Research
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.202…
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3782…
Journal of Environmental Exposure Assessment retweeted
Plastic pollution threatens human health, affects food and water safety, burdens economic activities, and contributes to climate change.
🌊 Our Issues Brief explains how we can tackle #PlasticPollution.
➡️ bit.ly/3nHUxTc @IUCN_Plastics
Journal of Environmental Exposure Assessment retweeted
The insect-eating bats over American farmland are worth up to $53 billion a year, and despite that, bats are still among the most misunderstood and feared wildlife in America.
Bats are free pest control working the night shift over cropland, eating the moths and beetles whose larvae chew through corn, cotton, and orchards. A single colony of 150 big brown bats eats about 1.3 million insects a year. Scaled across US agriculture, one study's most likely figure landed near $22.9 billion in free pest control.
Then came white-nose syndrome. The fungal disease, first found in New York in 2006, has spread to 40 states and killed millions of bats, wiping out more than 70% of bats in the colonies it reaches.
What happened next is the part that will really blow you away. A 2024 study in Science by University of Chicago economist Eyal Frank compared counties where bats collapsed to counties where they didn't.
In the collapse counties, farmers made up the lost pest control with chemicals: insecticide use rose 31%. And in those same counties, infant mortality rose nearly 8%, which Frank estimates at 1,334 additional infant deaths between 2006 and 2017, after controlling for other factors that could affect infant mortality.
If you've got bats in a barn or under a bridge nearby, leave them. Don't seal them out in summer, when flightless pups are still inside. Skip the bug zapper and the broadcast yard spraying that hollows out their food.
Journal of Environmental Exposure Assessment retweeted
A poisoned rat doesn't die fast. It goes slowly and painfully.
It clumsily wanders out in the open for a day or two, which makes it the easiest meal around for the owl, the hawk, the fox, or the snake that was already hunting your rodents for free.
They eat the dying rat and swallow the poison with it. Then it builds up in them.
The numbers are grim. At one Massachusetts wildlife clinic, 100% of the red-tailed hawks tested carried anticoagulant rat poison in their bodies.
In California, testing found it in 69% of endangered San Joaquin kit foxes. These second-generation poisons linger in tissue and pass from one animal to the next, killing by slow internal bleeding.
So you poison the rats, and you poison the exact predators that keep rats in check. The yard ends up with more rodents, not fewer.
Skip the bait. Seal the gaps where they get in, cut off their food, and use snap traps if you need them, indoors and away from kids and pets.
Then let the hawks and foxes handle the rest.
Journal of Environmental Exposure Assessment retweeted
A single pesticide nearly wiped out the fastest animal on Earth.
By the 1970s, the Peregrine Falcon had almost disappeared from the eastern United States. Despite reaching diving speeds of over 240 mph (386 km/h), the species was being devastated by a chemical called DDT.
Widely used after the 1940s for crop pests, DDT spread through entire food chains. Small organisms absorbed it, fish consumed those organisms, and predators higher up accumulated even greater concentrations, a process known as biomagnification.
For Peregrine Falcons, the effects were catastrophic. Chemicals produced from DDT disrupted calcium production, causing eggshells to become so thin they often cracked during incubation.
As nesting repeatedly failed, populations collapsed across North America and Europe.
The crisis became a turning point for environmental awareness after marine biologist Rachel Carson published Silent Spring in 1962, exposing the hidden ecological damage caused by pesticides.
The United States banned most agricultural uses of DDT in 1972.
After the ban, conservationists launched large captive breeding and release programs, helping Peregrine Falcons slowly recover. Today, they once again nest on cliffs, coastlines, skyscrapers, and bridges across the United States.
Journal of Environmental Exposure Assessment retweeted
📢 JEEA Webinar | March 20
Topic: Exposome Research and Environmental Health
Speaker: Prof. Thomas Münzel and Prof. Ming Kei (Jake) Chung.
Researchers in environmental health and exposure science are warmly invited to join the discussion.
Register: oaepublish.com/webinars/jeea…
Journal of Environmental Exposure Assessment retweeted
JEEA Webinar | Mar. 20
Join our webinar on “Exposome Research and Environmental Health”. We warmly welcome to participate and share insights.
Sperker:
Prof. Thomas Muenzel
Prof. Ming Kei (Jake) Chung @jakekei
Register: 📢oaepublish.com/webinars/jeea…
#Exposome #EnvironmentalHealth
Journal of Environmental Exposure Assessment retweeted
On August 5, 2024, OAE team visited Prof. Luo Yang (Editorial Board Member of EVCNA Journal) and his team from Chongqing University Medical Laboratory Center. We had a profound academic exchange， We are looking forward to deeper cooperation with Mr. Luo's team in the future.
Journal of Environmental Exposure Assessment retweeted
#arsenic #Parkinsons #neurology #Bach1 #gerontology #hepatology #exposome #ecotoxicology #biobank
Exposure to lead (Pb) and inorganic arsenic
and accumulation in organs and tissues
increase the transcription factor Bach1
which promotes neurodegeneration.
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Journal of Environmental Exposure Assessment retweeted
Join us at@WHO’s webinar on Clean air for public health - Assessing population exposure to air pollution.
When? 22 April 2024, 15:00-16:30 (CEST)
who.int/news-room/even…
Register here: who.zoom.us/webinar/ who.int/news-room/even… who.int/news-room/events/det…
Journal of Environmental Exposure Assessment retweeted
#SOTTV presents “Building Resilient Communities—LSU Superfund Research Program,” a paid film about @LSUSRP, where they are doing pioneering work to mitigate the health impacts associated with hazardous waste exposure: youtube.com/watch?v=E9Sk9aGz… via @WebsEdge_Med
Journal of Environmental Exposure Assessment retweeted
Microplastics are in water and air. But for the first time they were found in human arteries.
And linked to a heightened risk of death, heart attack and stroke.
The new Ground Truths is on a very concerning @NEJM prospective multicenter study today
2 big firsts:
1. Micro/nano plastics found in majority (58%) of patient carotid artery atherosclerotic plaques
2. Carried a 4.5 fold increased risk of major adverse outcomes
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Journal of Environmental Exposure Assessment retweeted
Tiny particles, big problem.... Microplastics have now been found in clouds ☁️💔🥤
Journal of Environmental Exposure Assessment retweeted
Our new study finds: Semi-synthetic Rayon microfibers, may be not considered traditional #microplastics, pose risks in marine micropollution due to their toxicity in mussels and interaction with POPs like PCBs. 🌊🪡 doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.20… @NATsdu @Biology_SDU @DFF_raad
Journal of Environmental Exposure Assessment retweeted
Final version out:
Rayon microfibers, semisynthetic polymers from cellulose, are detected in marine environments by more and more studies, sometimes even more frequently than plastic fibers. Our new research underscores the adverse impacts of rayon microfibers + PCBs 👕🪡👗🧶😷
Journal of Environmental Exposure Assessment retweeted
Curious about air pollution? Wondering where it comes from and how it impacts health? Join our fully funded course on 19 & 26 March. Limited spots left! Register interest by Feb 29, 2024. shorturl.at/euzN6 @ERGImperial @ImpUrbanHealth
Journal of Environmental Exposure Assessment retweeted
El vertido de pellets en las costas gallegas ha puesto en la palestra la problemática del plástico. Aquí una entrevista en la que hablamos sobre este problema ambiental y de salud humana. youtu.be/gFzPkEnrPXg
Journal of Environmental Exposure Assessment retweeted
🌿🍼 New Special Issue Topic: Explore the World of #environmental Chemicals in #breast Milk and Infant Formula
Guest Editor(s): Dr. Judy S. LaKind, Prof. José L. Domingo.
Discover the latest insights on measurements, interpretation, effective communication of environmental
Journal of Environmental Exposure Assessment retweeted
#E-cigarettes #blood cytokines
📘 Title: Thirdhand vaping exposures are associated with pulmonary and systemic inflammation in a mouse model.
👨⚕️Authors: Dr. Sarah Commodore's team
✅Lung cytokines
✅ Particulate Matter
✅ Thirdhand ENDS aerosols
🔗oaepublish.com/articles/jeea…
Journal of Environmental Exposure Assessment retweeted
⏯️Subject: Compare the concentration of #POPs and (#PBDEs) derived from polyurethane-based passive samplers about #hair samples collected from humans and sheep.
✅persistent organic pollutants
✅polybrominated diphenyl ethers
Conclusion: 👇oaepublish.com/articles/jeea…( free)
ALT Figure 1. ∑PBDE concentrations (ng·g-1) in human hair. PBDE: Polybrominated diphenyl ether Figure 2. ∑PBDE concentrations (pg·g-1) in Sheep hair. PBDE: Polybrominated diphenyl ether.
