# \#microplastics **URL:** https://www.medboundhub.com/tag/microplastics/417.md [Latest](https://www.medboundhub.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://www.medboundhub.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://www.medboundhub.com/tags.md) --- ## [The Plastic Within Us: Are Humans Slowly Turning Into Microplastic Reservoirs?](https://www.medboundhub.com/t/the-plastic-within-us-are-humans-slowly-turning-into-microplastic-reservoirs/15490)
**Author:** [@Neha.B](https://www.medboundhub.com/u/Neha.B)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2026, 8:32am UTC](https://www.medboundhub.com/t/the-plastic-within-us-are-humans-slowly-turning-into-microplastic-reservoirs/15490 "2026-03-09T08:32:39Z")
Once hailed as the greatest achievement of humanity, plastic is lightweight, durable, and inexpensive; it has changed industries in everything from medicine to packaging. Now, one century later, the same material that wa… --- ## [Microplastics in the Human Body: Should We Be Concerned?](https://www.medboundhub.com/t/microplastics-in-the-human-body-should-we-be-concerned/14233)
**Author:** [@sanghavideshpande](https://www.medboundhub.com/u/sanghavideshpande)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://www.medboundhub.com/t/microplastics-in-the-human-body-should-we-be-concerned/14233 "2026-02-20T17:42:07Z")
Microplastics—tiny plastic particles less than 5 mm in size—are now being detected in human blood, lungs, placenta, and even stool samples. Once considered an environmental issue alone, they are increasingly viewed as a … --- ## [The Water We Drink, The Plastics We Forget: A Reality Check](https://www.medboundhub.com/t/the-water-we-drink-the-plastics-we-forget-a-reality-check/10938)
**Author:** [@DivyaRanadev](https://www.medboundhub.com/u/DivyaRanadev)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 9:34am UTC](https://www.medboundhub.com/t/the-water-we-drink-the-plastics-we-forget-a-reality-check/10938 "2025-12-03T09:34:42Z")
If you grew up in an Indian household, plastic utensils storing consumables could never be missed. They travelled with us as water bottles to school, they sat quietly in the kitchen holding oil, and they waited at the… --- ## [Plastics in our arteries? A new cardiovascular risk revealed](https://www.medboundhub.com/t/plastics-in-our-arteries-a-new-cardiovascular-risk-revealed/6233)
**Author:** [@Ayushi32](https://www.medboundhub.com/u/Ayushi32)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 7:10am UTC](https://www.medboundhub.com/t/plastics-in-our-arteries-a-new-cardiovascular-risk-revealed/6233 "2025-07-29T07:10:55Z")
A groundbreaking study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (March 2024) has uncovered a startling finding: microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) were found in over half of carotid artery plaques removed from…