💧 Microplastics, Water & Radicals: The Chemistry of Hidden Toxicity!

💧 Microplastics: Inert No More!

🧪 A fascinating new Nature study challenges a longstanding assumption: plastics are chemically inert.

🔬 Researchers discovered that microplastics spontaneously generate hydroxyl radicals when exposed to water—even without sunlight!

⚡ More hydrophobic surfaces produce greater radical activity.

🧬 These radicals may promote protein aggregation and cellular injury.

🫀 Could this help explain microplastic-associated cardiovascular toxicity?

⚠️ Mechanistic evidence—not yet proof of human disease causation.

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Source: Qian N et al. Nature. Published October 14, 2026. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-11141-y.