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by m3kw9 857 days ago
If nano plastics are like protein sized wouldn’t the immune system treat it like any other foreign biological materials of similar size?
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One 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.