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Newsletter #177 Microplastics: Our brains now contain more than two plastic bags worth

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Jul 15, 2025
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Microplastics: Our brains now contain more than two plastic bags worth

It once seemed like such a fantastic invention: the development of plastics. Linking simple chemical compounds from the hydrocarbon group into so-called polymers. The applications were—and still are—endless: in textiles, cosmetics, car tires, the packa…

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