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脳の中のプラスチック:新たな研究で、検査したほぼすべてのヒト脳サンプルからマイクロプラスチックおよびナノプラスチックが検出される

Plastic in the Brain: New Study Finds Micro- and Nanoplastics in Nearly Every Human Brain Sample Tested

人間の脳からマイクロ・ナノプラスチックがほぼ100%の確率で検出された。腫瘍周辺では濃度がさらに高く、脳腫瘍との関連が示唆されている。
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Plastic pollution has entered a place many people once believed was strongly protected: the human brain. In a study published in Nature Health on April 20, 2026, researchers examined 156 diseased brain samples from 113 patients with brain tumours and compared them with 35 healthy brain samples from five post-mortem donors. They found micro- and nanoplastics in 99.4% of the diseased samples and in 100% of the healthy samples. This is especially striking because it shows these particles in tissue from living patients during brain surgery, not only in samples collected after death. (nature.com)

The most surprising finding was not simply that plastics were present, but where they were most concentrated. Tissue around tumours contained more micro- and nanoplastics than healthy brain tissue. The authors suggest that one possible explanation is damage to the blood–brain barrier, the brain’s protective filter, which may allow more particles to enter. They also observed a positive correlation between microplastic surface area and tumour proliferation. Still, the study itself is careful: it shows an association, not proof that plastics cause brain tumours. At this stage, scientists need more research to understand whether plastics help drive disease, or whether diseased tissue simply lets more plastics in. (nature.com)

Another important point is that the researchers tried hard to rule out contamination. They checked possible plastic sources in the operating-room setting, and in healthy-brain collection they reported zero micro- and nanoplastic content in air controls. They also found no significant link between tumour plastic burden and surgical duration or infusion volume, which strengthens confidence in the results. The new paper also fits a broader pattern: a 2025 Nature Medicine study had already reported micro- and nanoplastics in human brain, liver and kidney, and found increasing concentrations over time in decedent brain samples. In other words, the evidence is growing, even though the health consequences are still uncertain. (nature.com)

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