An international team of researchers has developed a breakthrough microscopic technique that can detect minute particles of plastic in bottled water that can pass into human blood, cells and the placenta. (Photo by Hendrik Schmidt/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Nanoplastics are the ‘spawn of microplastics that have broken down even further’, researchers said
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