microplastics

There’s a Surprisingly Easy Way to Remove Microplastics in Your Drinking Water

August 18, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / drinking water, microplastics

Health16 August 2025 ByDavid Nield (Yurii Yarema/Getty Images) Tiny fragments of plastics are making their way deep inside our bodies in concerning quantities, particularly through our food and drink. In 2024, scientists in China found a simple and effective means of removing them from water. The team ran tests on both soft water and hard tap water (which is richer in minerals). They […]

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Orlando Bloom tried to ‘clean’ his blood to get rid of microplastics—here’s what the science says

July 24, 2025 / Patient education / InnovateMed Author / microplastics

by Rosa Busquets, Luiza C Campos, The Conversation edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain When actor Orlando Bloom revealed recently that he’d undergone a procedure to have his blood “cleaned,” many people raised eyebrows. The “Pirates of the Caribbean” star had turned to a treatment known as apheresis—a medical process in which blood is removed

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Microplastics can cause malignant changes in lung cells

July 15, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / lung cells, microplastics

by Medical University of Vienna edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Credit: Journal of Hazardous Materials (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.139129 Although the respiratory system is one of the main entry points for microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) from the air into the body, little is known about the effects of these tiny particles on the lungs. Researchers at MedUni

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Apheresis May Sweep Microplastics From Veins

July 10, 2025 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / apheresis, microplastics

Microplastics are particles ranging from 1 micrometer to 5 millimeters in diameter, and nanoplastics, which are even smaller, are found in virtually every environment on Earth, from mountain peaks to ocean depths, and from the smallest animals in the food chain to human brain cells. These particles can originate from the breakdown of larger plastic items or be

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Higher ocean microplastics linked to more diabetes, stroke, and heart disease

June 20, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / microplastics

By Priyanjana Pramanik, MSc.Reviewed by Susha Cheriyedath, M.Sc.Jun 19 2025 Could the plastic in our oceans be quietly harming our hearts? A nationwide study reveals a concerning correlation between marine microplastic pollution and cardiometabolic diseases in US coastal communities. Study: Marine Microplastic Levels and the Prevalence of Cardiometabolic Diseases in US Coastline Counties. Image Credit: Tint Media / Shutterstock In a recent

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There’s a Surprisingly Easy Way to Remove Microplastics in Your Drinking Water

Orlando Bloom tried to ‘clean’ his blood to get rid of microplastics—here’s what the science says

Microplastics can cause malignant changes in lung cells

Apheresis May Sweep Microplastics From Veins

Higher ocean microplastics linked to more diabetes, stroke, and heart disease

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