Microplastics also discovered in ovarian follicles

Humanity has succeeded in polluting the whole world with plastic. This one is practically indestructible, since it is an unrestrictable material and only breaks down into smaller and smaller particles, finally into the so -called microplastics and nanoplastics. These microscopic particles of plastic were found at the top of the world on Mount Everest and the deepest oceanic bottom in the Marian ditch. Particles are also transitioned into living creatures, fish and birds are replaced for food, and particles have also been found in various human organs: it also passes cerebral and placental barriers.

For the first time, microplastics have been discovered in human ovaries follicles, which raises new questions about the potential influence of these whom present and toxic substances on women’s fertility, states Guardian. The follicles are filled with fluids filled with follicles in ovaries containing one underdeveloped egg. Microplastics is especially dangerous because it can contain any number of 16,000 plastic chemicals. This includes very toxic compounds such as PFAS, Bisphenol and Ftalates, which are associated with cancer, neurotoxicity, hormonal disorders or toxicity for development.

In a new review survey published in a magazine Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safetychecked the presence of microplastics in the follicular fluid of 18 women who were on the treatment of artificial insemination at the infertility clinic in Salern, Italy, and discovered in 14 women. In this liquid, which provides essential nutrients and biochemical signals for egg development, only the egg floats. Po -pollution of this process with pieces of plastic probably affects fertility, hormonal balance and general reproductive health, the authors of the study wrote, according to the British newspaper.

The findings are « very worrying, » he said Luigi montanoresearcher at the University of Rome and the lead author of the study. « This discovery should serve as an important warning about the invasiveness of these new pollutants in the female reproductive system, » the study said.

Montan’s latest article is part of a larger project that he runs and in which he has also discovered microplastics in human urine and sperm, and examines its effects on fertility. He said he suspects that microplastics is among the chemicals that cause a decline in the number of sperm and the general deterioration of their quality.