Microplastics found in human breast milk for first time
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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.
Reference:
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
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