科学家首次在活人肺部深处发现微塑料

继上个月荷兰科学家率先在人类血液中检测到微塑料后，英国科学家日前也首次在活人肺部深处发现微塑料。

继上个月荷兰科学家率先在人类血液中检测到微塑料后，英国科学家日前也首次在活人肺部深处发现微塑料。微塑料居然能进入人类肺部深处且颗粒如此之大，令科学家震惊不已。

Microplastic pollution has been discovered lodged deep in the lungs of living people for the first time. The particles were found in almost all the samples analysed.

科学家首次在活人肺部深处发现微塑料污染。这些微塑料颗粒出现在几乎所有接受分析的样本中。

The scientists said microplastic pollution was now ubiquitous across the planet, making human exposure unavoidable and meaning “there is an increasing concern regarding the hazards” to health.

科学家指出，微塑料污染如今在地球上无所不在，不可避免地会殃及人类，这意味着微塑料造成的健康风险“引发的担忧与日俱增”。

Samples were taken from tissue removed from 13 patients undergoing surgery and microplastics were found in 11 cases. The most common particles were polypropylene, used in plastic packaging and pipes, and PET, used in bottles. Two previous studies had found microplastics at similarly high rates in lung tissue taken during autopsies.

科学家从13名接受手术的患者体内切下的组织中获取了样本，并在其中11例样本中发现了微塑料。最常见的微塑料是用于塑料包装和管道的聚丙烯以及用于制作塑料瓶的聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯。先前的两项研究发现，微塑料也同样广泛地出现在尸检时切下的肺组织中。