Nanoplastics in YOUR brain?!

As campaigns like #TeamSeas and the knowledge of our planet's microplastic problem spread, it's important to realize there is still MORE to learn about this issue. Nanoplastics are a new category of microplastic that scientists are saying are an even bigger challenge! But what are nanoplastics? Should you be concerned about them? And are they avoidable? Find out all these and more in this video on Nanoplastics!

Timestamps are below if you're in a rush! 👇

00:00 The Problem!
00:40 Intro
00:51 What are microplastics?
01:46 What is a "nanoplastic"?
02:22 Nanoplastic in your brain!
03:13 How nanoplastics may affect your brain
03:58 When did microplastics start?
04:41 Avoiding microplastic is HARD!
05:53 Bloopers!
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Here is the study!
Article: https://dgist.ac.kr/en/html/sub06/060202.html?mode=V&no=d5eda97761a07a20f550fe663077b778&GotoPage=1
Paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150817
Ways you can (maybe) avoid microplastics!
https://www.consumerreports.org/health-wellness/how-to-eat-less-plastic-microplastics-in-food-water-a8899165110/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/youre-literally-eating-microplastics-how-you-can-cut-down-exposure-to-them/2019/10/04/22ebdfb6-e17a-11e9-8dc8-498eabc129a0_story.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu9UoPttUfI

Other Sources:
https://www.nano.gov/nanotech-101/what/nano-size
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-021-00886-4
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969721058952
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.1c04142#:~:text=We%20define%20nanoplastics%20as%20particles,from%201%20to%201000%20nm.
https://particleandfibretoxicology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12989-020-00358-y

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