Irish Examiner view: Microplastic pollution found deep in our lungs

Microplastics have been found in human blood, travelling around the body, and lodging in organs

There is an awareness of the damage microplastics cause to our oceans and marine life but new research shows their impact on human beings. 

There has been evidence of the corrosive impact of microplastics on our oceans for some time, but new research shows evidence of microplastic pollution much closer to home — deep in the lungs of living human beings.

A study in the UK that analysed tissue samples from 13 patients found evidence of microplastics in 11 cases.