For #TeamSeas I uncover what plastics are doing to our brains.

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Learn more:
- Microplastics in the Environment: Intake through the Food Web, Human Exposure and Toxicological Effects: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
- Microplastics are everywhere — but are they harmful? https://www.nature.com/articles/d4158...
- The plastic brain: neurotoxicity of micro- and nanoplastics: https://particleandfibretoxicology.bi...
- The problem with all the plastic that’s leaching into your food: https://www.vox.com/science-and-healt...
- Detection of Various Microplastics in Human Stool: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/abs/1...
- First evidence of microplastics in human placenta: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
- Mouse study shows microplastics infiltrate blood brain barrier: https://newatlas.com/environment/micr...
- Microplastics found in human blood for first time: https://www.theguardian.com/environme...

Topics discussed:
0:00​ - What is TeamSeas?
0:55 - What are plastics doing to our brains?
1:30 - Plastics will outlive us
3:09 - Plastics are everywhere
4:19 - Plastics get inside of us
6:01 - The blood-brain barrier
7:37 - What could happen?
8:48 - What you can do
10:44 - Go TeamSeas!


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