Plastic Health Channel: Microplastics in textiles may damage lung cells - extra risk with COVID-19, experts warn
(2) AMSTERDAM, Feb. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- MICROPLASTICS from textiles may inhibit the lung's ability to repair damage caused by COVID-19, scientists will warn today. Speaking on Plastic Soup Foundation's Plastic Health Channel researchers will unveil new findings which reveal microfibres from textiles may be harming lung growth, development, and repair. The research was carried out by scientists at Groningen University, The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research and Plymouth Marine Laboratory. Finding both nylon and polyester negatively affected the growth and repair of ...
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