of placentas tested contained microplastics
All 62 placentas analysed contained measurable plastic, at 6.5 to 790 micrograms per gram of tissue.
- Value
- 100%
- Unit
- %
- Data year
- 2024
- Trend
- Not applicable
- Source name
- Garcia et al. 2024, Toxicological Sciences
- Source link
- doi.org/10.1093/toxsci/kfae021
- Confidence
- Evidence: High
- Caveat / scope
- Measured with a lab method that heats samples until the plastic breaks down, then identifies each type of plastic from the chemicals released (pyrolysis gas chromatography–mass spectrometry). 62 placentas from one US state.
- Verified on
- 22 September 2026
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