Phineas N. Monsul

Co-author and researcher at Quorum Innovations

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Postbiotic shows first human evidence of capturing microplastics in the body

Co-authored the peer-reviewed study and earlier binding experiments

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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