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Microplastics found in human ovary follicular fluid for the first time

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Follicular fluid provides essential nutrients and biochemical signals for developing eggs.

Contaminating that process with bits of plastic quite likely has implications for fertility, hormonal balance and overall reproductive health.

Microplastics are particularly dangerous because they can contain any number of 16,000 plastic chemicals like PFAS , bisphenol and phthalates.

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