Featured News: Microplastics and Our Guts

Environmental Health News’ Allison Guy covers the impact of microplastics on our guts. The gut is now understood to play not only play an important role in our overall health, but to be specifically tied to the health of our brain and nervous system. We also know that the microbiome, a collection of bacteria that aids with digestion and breaking down our food into usable nutrients, is the backbone of our immune system and indicative of our body’s ability to keep us healthy. Microplastics inject high levels of toxin and contaminants directly into this essential system. The result can be everything from asthma and autoimmune diseases to IBS and obesity. Read the full article here!