plastic

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However, some of this research -- particularly one claiming to have found a plastic spoon's worth of microplastic in the brains of cadavers -- has recently come under stinging criticism from scientists.

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Some have warned that the studies could not rule out contamination from plastic inside laboratories, or that certain techniques could be confusing human tissue with plastic.

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No one disputes that these mostly invisible pieces of plastic are ubiquitous throughout the environment -- they have been found everywhere from the tops of mountains to the bottom of oceans.

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For example, a study published in Nature Medicine early last year announced it had detected relatively large particles -- the researchers claimed it was a plastic spoon's worth -- inside the brains of recently deceased people.

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Experts have also pointed out that the technique used in the research, which is called pyrolysis-GC-MS, can confuse fat with polyethylene, which is commonly used in plastic packaging.

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