Posted on 09/06/2025 12:04:34 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Can these toxic chemicals speed up or even cause the disease?
As we age, we tend to become more focused on our health. Besides heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, we also have to worry about cognitive decline. Nearly seven million Americans live with Alzheimer’s disease, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. One in 14 people develops the disease by age 65, and one in three is diagnosed by 85. Among the most common neurodegenerative disorders, Alzheimer’s is also a top cause of death for individuals 65 and older. Now, new studies suggest that just three weeks of exposure to microplastics can lead to Alzheimer’s, at least in rats. The claim is based on animal research and shows a surprising, and scary, link between microplastics in the brain and dementia – or worse.
Until recently, it was unclear whether tiny plastics would be found in the human brain. However, in 2025, a study in Nature Medicine measured micro- and nanoplastics in several organs of deceased individuals and discovered that the particles were more concentrated in the brain than in the liver or kidneys. The authors reported that brain concentrations were “7–30 times greater” than in the other organs. They also observed that dementia cases had higher contamination levels than those of non-dementia controls. Furthermore, brain levels in 2024 samples were about 50% higher than in 2016.
The Role of Microplastics in Alzheimer’s Disease
In 2023, researchers at the University of Rhode Island gave mice drinking water containing tiny polystyrene plastic particles for three weeks. After the exposure, they looked at the animals’ behavior and examined their tissues. Microplastics showed up in several organs, including the brain, which means the particles could cross the brain’s protective barrier (the blood–brain barrier) after...
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That's because as we get older we start experiencing age related breakdown of health.
We've become what we used to roll our eyes at out parents over when they'd be together talking about their health issues.
You may not be interested in getting older, but getting older is interested in you.
Yes; Yes
It gives new meaning to the word *relentless*.
Thanks for posting. Interesting. Information helps you to make decisions to prolong your health. Every individual is different. MAHA.
It’s hard to believe that it’s 2025 and we don’t know what causes Alzheimer’s or autism. You think we would’ve found out by now
If a alzheimer researcher thinks outside the predetermined “box” the researcher gets no grant money..
As an old plastic hand I wonder about the definitions here. What is a “microplastic”. What concentrations are we talking about? Since when did poltstyrene or polypropylene become toxic? “Do your cells respond differently to these toxins?”
With analytical techniques as powerful as they are, one can find trace amounts of many things in water. Try red wine if you want to find toxins.
This whole microplastics story seems to be part of a larger anti-plastics movement. Don’t tell my polyethlene hip joint or my stents and other plastic implants.
Are our cardiac stents impacted by plastics?
Are cardiac stents metal or plastic?
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The Surprising History of the Coronary Stent
Heart stents are primarily metal, though biodegradable plastic and other polymer-based stents are also used, with the type depending on the specific medical need.
Traditional stents are made of a metal mesh to hold open a blocked artery, while drug-eluting stents have a drug-releasing coating to prevent re-narrowing.
Biodegradable stents, on the other hand, are temporary and are absorbed by the body over several months.
This Guy appreciates your skepticism here.
Microplastics as a health scare seems like a natural next step for Cloward-Piven-trained sociopaths to create chaos and destroy minds.
Stent wise I have had all of the above. Um what happens to the biodegradable ones. Maybe they decompose into microplastics.
The wear parts like my knee and hip joints are made with a UHMW polyethylene. As they wear I’m sure there are little shavings getting into the blood stream. I’ll take mobility rather than freedom from plastic.
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