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Heart attack patients carried more microplastics in their blood

Researchers in Rome and Verona measured plastic particles in the coronary blood of 61 patients having angiography. The particles turned up far more often in heart attack patients, though a smoking history predicted their presence better than the heart attack itself.

Jul 23, 2026

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