Microplastics found in human breast milk for first time

The breast milk samples were taken from 34 healthy mothers, a week after giving birth in Rome, Italy. For the first time, Microplastics have been detected in human breast milk raising concern among researchers over the potential health impacts on infants.

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Antonio Ragusa,1 Valentina Notarstefano et al, Raman Microspectroscopy Detection and Characterisation of Microplastics in Human Breastmilk, journal of polymers, jun 2022, doi- https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14132700