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The Microplastics “Bombshell”: Why Scientists Are Recanting the “Plastic in Your Brain” Theory

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The Microplastics Reversal: Is the “Plastic in Your Blood” Narrative Based on Bad Science?

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

New York, NY – For years, the headlines have been terrifying: microplastics are in our blood, our brains, and even our unborn children. But a growing movement of analytical chemists is now issuing a “bombshell” challenge to these claims, suggesting that the global panic over internal plastic pollution might be built on a foundation of false positives and laboratory contamination.

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