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If nano plastics are like protein sized wouldn’t the immune system treat it like any other foreign biological materials of similar size?
by m3kw9 3y ago
If nano plastics are like protein sized wouldn’t the immune system treat it like any other foreign biological materials of similar size?
- XorNot 3y agoOne thing worth considering is we in fact have a model for this: tattoos, and tattoo-ink. This is in fact the mechanism by which tattoos are removed by laser (the particles are exploded into ones small enough for the immune system to carry off quickly - as opposed to the gradual fading with time which happens). One tattoo is a larger exposure of particulate contaminants to the skin then anyone will ingest in a lifetime from the environmental contamination.