Study links microplastics to Alzheimer’s-like symptoms in mice | Mice with a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer’s show cognitive and memory problems when exposed to microplastics.
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The underlying paper is open-access
Plastic is the oil industry's backup plan, so they've been actively trying to prevent a treaty to limit plastic pollution.
I think the PFAS blood test runs ~$350. I have no idea if my insurance would cover it, but it is a cost I am nearly willing to bear just to find out what "gains" I've made in the world of plastics.
I'm quite sure that like every other human, you've got some PFAS in you. Cognitive impact is likely due to plastics in the brain, and I'm only aware of post-mortem measurement for that right now.
Yah, I'm not really prepared for the post-mortem check just yet. The blood test at least gives an idea of where one is at that moment. One could then do all the blood-letting, or leaches needed to bring the numbers down (only to be re-ingested, ofc). Not sure if it lessens any that might be lodged in the skull, but holy hell I did not have this on my bingo card of health issues to watch for.
Veritasium has a video on this topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC2eSujzrUY
Could take this a step further and do plasmapheresis therapy to remove some from the blood but in the US it cost from 5k to 10k and insurance definitely won't cover it.
Good point, thanks. Since this caused me to look that up, here's an interesting study on Australian firefighters and plasmapheresis:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8994130/