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Postbiotic shows first human evidence of capturing microplastics in the body

Published the first-in-human Qi601 study

Microplastics have been found in human blood, kidney, and brain tissue, but no one has shown an ingestible product can stop them from getting there. A peer-reviewed study published in Frontiers in Microbiology now reports the first human evidence that a heat-killed probiotic preparation can physically capture plastic particles in the mouth and gut.

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