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Microplastics have turned up in places that would have seemed implausible just a decade ago: deep ocean water, Arctic ice, human blood, lung tissue and, as a 2026 study confirmed, the placenta. The picture that research is assembling, while still incomplete, is one of pervasive, low-level plastic exposure with health implications that scientists are still working to fully characterize. What’s becoming clearer is that some of the exposure is happening at home, in the kitchen, through the everyday tools most people use without a second thought. Here are four of the most common offenders.Microplastics are also commonly found in our…

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