#095 What Microplastics Are Doing to Your Brain, Body, and Reproductive Systems

0:00Plastics are everywhere every week without even realizing it we are consuming the equivalent of an entire credit card in plastic we are unknowingly ingesting and inhaling

0:10millions of plastic particles every year and these tiny particles aren't just passing through they're accumulating in our organs and our tissues in early 2024 human brain samples were found to have

0:23on average 0.5% plastic by weight in the reproductive system higher levels of PL plastic like PBC have been linked to lower sperm counts and it doesn't stop there these microplastics are often made

0:37from or contain harmful chemicals like BPA BPS phalates these are widely used to harden Plastics make them more durable and these chemicals are known to disrupt hormones they alter metabolism

0:51they've been linked to a range of health issues from reproductive problems to neurodevelopmental diseases but how are these microplastics entering our body and why are they so pervasive the