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Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehensionUFU-MG · 2024MédioEntre para guardar nos favoritos In a first, microplastic particles have been linked to heart disease
By Tara Haelle
Microplastics are everywhere in the environment—and in our bodies. The build-up of these tiny plastic
particles in blood vessels is linked to a greater risk of heart attack, stroke, and death, according to a new study.
When plaque builds up in arteries—a disease called atherosclerosis—the thicker vessel walls reduce blood flow to
parts of the body, raising the risk of strokes, angina, and heart attack. The plaques are typically a mixture of
cholesterol, fatty substances, waste from cells, calcium, and a blood clotting protein called fibrin. The new study
now focuses on some 300 people with atherosclerosis, some of whom also had tiny plastic particles—microplastics
and nanoplastics—embedded in plaques in their carotid artery, a major blood vessel in the neck that provides blood
to the brain. The people with plastic-containing plaques were more than four times more likely to have a heart attack
or stroke or to die from any cause over the next three years, according to the research published on March 7 in
the New England Journal of Medicine.
Disponível em: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/. Acesso em: 11 Abr. 2024.
According to the text, what can be said about microplastic particles?
