#36. Microplastics—A Lurking Danger No One is Talking About
Health Unveiled with Dr. Dan
English - August 01, 2019 08:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsAlternative Health Health & Fitness Science Nature health nutrition diet exercise supplementation alternative health wellness nutritional supplements cbd microbiome Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episode Summary:Microplastics and their implications in human health is the topic Dr. Dan addresses this week. Topics discussed are as follows:What are microplastics? Scientific literature on microplastics and human healthFoods that may be high in microplasticsFuture outlook and summary Episode References:See here for a review on microplastics: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30116998Preliminary research on microplastics: https://www.umweltbundesamt.at/fileadmin/site/presse/news_2018/UEG_Week_2018_-_Philipp_Schwabl_Microplastics_Web.pdfMicroplastics can contain large amounts of pathogens: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/es503610rSynthetics contaminants can absorb onto microplastics: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29653356Microplastics can leach out bisphenol A (BPA): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27093569Microplastics could be causing inflammation in human tissues: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.est.6b02569?rand=i0ghes9kSee here for SAPEA report on microplastics: https://www.sapea.info/topics/microplastics/Microplastics and the microbiome: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30826685Microplastics are also in the air: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29172041Scallops can accumulate large amounts of microplastics: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.8b05266#See here for a review on microplastics in cosmetics: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27836135