The team plans to increase its sample size to better inform their data and deepen their understanding of these particles. “The particles are there and are transported throughout the body.” “It is certainly reasonable to be concerned,” Vethaak said. Dick Vethaak, an ecotoxicologist professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands who worked on the research, told The Guardian that the study’s results are a breakthrough as it is the first indication of any particles from plastics in a person’s blood.
Some of the samples showed more than one type of plastic at a time. The new research was published in the journal Environmental International and examined 22 participant’s blood samples. The researchers have found that babies and young children are the most vulnerable when it comes to chemical and particle exposure like this. Through this travel, particles can lodge themselves in a person’s organs. While the impact on one’s health if they have microplastics in their bloodstream is currently unknown, the research shows that particles of pollution can travel around the body. Of the people scientists tested, 80 percent showed trace particles of microplastics. News research found microplastic pollution in human blood for the first time. Now it will move to the House, which is considering a separate bill that allows some retailers – grocers and some others – to opt out of accepting container returns. If retailers opt out of the program, more redemption centers will be needed so consumers can return their containers and collect their 5-cent deposit.
One of the main points of disagreement between the two sides is whether the increased handling fee will be enough to encourage new or expanded redemption centers to open. Retailers that continue to accept containers will continue to receive a penny per container. The bill increases the handling fee for redemption centers from 1 cent to 3 cents per container. Jason Schultz, R-Schleswig, floor manager of Senate File 2378, said it was “an attempt to save the bottle bill.” Democrats who opposed the legislation said it would do the opposite.
Redemption centers would get a raise, and beverage wholesalers would continue to keep unredeemed deposits. U nder a bill that was approved Tuesday by the Iowa Senate retailers would be allowed to opt out of accepting bottle and can returns starting in 2023.
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