1 In 4 Embryos Have Abnormally Small Eyes Due To Nanoplastics

Meiru Wang, a biologist from Leiden University in the Netherlands, and her team have found that 1 in 4 embryos have abnormally small eyes due to nanoplastics.

Traces of nanoplastics may interfere with the stem cells from which tissues and organs generally originate, disrupting the early stages of development in chicken embryos, according to a new study published in Environmental International.

Meiru Wang, a biologist from Leiden University in the Netherlands, and her team utiliz...

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