“The concentrations we saw in the brain tissue of normal individuals, who had an average age of around 45 or 50 years old, were 4,800 micrograms per gram, or 0.48% by weight,” Campen said.

That’s the equivalent of an entire standard plastic spoon, Campen said.

“Compared to autopsy brain samples from 2016, that’s about 50% higher”

An entire spoon's worth of plastic in ol' wrinkly. That doesn't seem good.

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🎶 Just a spoons worth of sugar microplastics helps the cognition go down 🎶

anakin-padme-1 "We've discovered ways to drastically increase plastic in the brain"

anakin-padme-2 "You mean neuroplasticity, right"

anakin-padme-3 stalin-spoon galaxy-brain

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