Widely publicized studies have made extreme claims about microplastic accumulation are deeply flawed

I am not surprised! I have blogged here many times that Plastophobia is a serious medical condition and that most warnings about plastics are largely alarmism and hysteria!

"Over the past few years, a number of widely publicized studies have made extreme claims about microplastic accumulation in the human body. But a recent investigation by The Guardian finds that much of the research is deeply flawed, with many reported detections likely driven by contamination and false positives. Critics say a commonly used detection method can mistake fats in human tissue for plastic, and that some studies report amounts of microplastics that are simply “not biologically plausible.”"

Doomslayer: Progress Roundup - by Malcolm Cochran

Doubt Cast on “Microplastics Throughout Human Body”

‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body "Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’"