The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
microplastics have been found embedded in arterial PL a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that patients with microplastics lodged in their arterial walls were 4.5 times more likely to experience a major cardiovascular event like a heart attack or stroke within three years compared to patients that did not have microplastics in their arterial walls
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What's Happening Here is likely toold first microplastics can promote chronic inflammation which is a key driver of aerosis or the buildup of plaque in the arteries second these particles carry harmful chemicals like BPA and phalates directly into the arterial walls so these chemicals May further contribute to the formation of plaque and may also increase the risk of heart attack or stroke