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Second NatureMicroplastics: How Do They Get Into Our Bodies? And What We Can Do About It?Microplastics seem to be everywhere, inside and outside our bodies. These micro and nano particles are shedding from our clothes, our tires, food packaging — basically anywhere there's plastic. People, animals, and plants are consuming these microplastics, thereby complicating the issue and contributing to health problems. But what health issues? And how do we avoid them? The science is still a work in progress, but today, we're finding out what we know so far. We’re going to find out from an actual scientist what we know and don’t know about the health implications of microplastics and what we...2025-06-1141 min
KonfliktJakten på plasten i våra kropparMikroplast har hittats i människans lungor och i vårt blod. Samtidigt pågår en politisk dragkamp om plasten i Bryssel. Del 2: Människokroppen. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Plastens utbredning i våra kroppar är en relativt ny upptäckt. Men forskningen går snabbt framåt. Plastpartiklar har hittats i gravida kvinnors moderkakor och i våra viktigaste organ. En helt ny studie visar kopplingen mellan stroke och mikroplast i blodet.Och medan forskare varnar för att något måste göras pågår en dragkamp mell...2024-04-1955 min
Out of the Blue: An AJRCCM PodcastInhalable Textile Microplastic Fibers Impair Airway Epithelial Differentiation and Inhaled Microplastics and Airway Development: Concerning Evidence from OrganoidsDr. John Fleetham chats with Dr. Barbro N Melgert and Dr. Chris Carlsten about their articles, "Inhalable Textile Microplastic Fibers Impair Airway Epithelial Differentiation" and "Inhaled Microplastics and Airway Development: Concerning Evidence from Organoids."2024-02-2125 min
JournalSpotting#63 ClimateZone11// Microplastics and health with Prof Barbro MelgertAware that microplastics are bad for the environment but want to better understand their effects on human health?Your ears are in the right place.We chat with the brilliant Professor Barbro Melgert from the University of Groningen, Netherlands. Don't know her? She is an expert performing cutting-edge research on the effects of microplastics on humans and shares with us her fascinating, if not daunting, findings.We cover:What microplastics are.How they form.Where they are found (spoiler... EVERYWHERE).Why what you wear matters. Their effect on...2023-01-0258 min
Goed Genaaid | de klerepodcastAflevering 8 Kleding en de plastic soep(lucht)OUDEJAARSSHOW
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- En..... Wist je dat we plastic zelfs inademen? Een nieuwe eye-opener in onze zoektocht naar een eerlijke walk-in-closet. Hoogleraar Barbro Melgert van de Rijks Universiteit Groningen praat ons bij over haar baanbrekende onderzoek. Meer dan de helft van alle geproduceerde kleding is gemaakt van plastic zoals bijv. polyester en nylon. Slecht voor het milieu is 1, maar wat doet dit eigenlijk met onze gezondheid?
Luister en klets gezellig met ons mee...2020-12-2931 min