Sunday, December 13, 2020

Natural environmental conditions facilitate the uptake of microplastics into living cells

The environment is polluted by microplastics worldwide. A research team has now discovered that microplastic particles find their way into living cells more easily if they were exposed to natural aquatic environments, i.e. fresh water and seawater. Biomolecules occurring in the water are deposited on the microplastic surfaces, which promote the internalization of the particles into cells.

from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3mdbePL

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