Microplastics found in Testicles

The Ongoing Contamination Of Our Bodies: New Study Finds Microplastics In Testicles by Erin Brockovich

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“Microplastics found in every human testicle in study”

It’s another huge cause for concern. The story published in The Guardian details findings in a new study, published in the journal Toxicological Sciences.

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Scientists tested 23 human testes, as well as 47 testes from dogs. They found microplastic pollution in every sample. The researchers also said the discovery might correlate to declining sperm counts in men.

As a reminder: microplastics are tiny plastic particles measuring less than 5 mm in length.

The human testicles had a plastic concentration almost three times higher than that found in the dog testes: 330 micrograms per gram of tissue compared with 123 micrograms.