{"id":4299,"date":"2024-06-20T11:38:18","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T11:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitaltradecenter.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/20\/microplastics-found-in-penises-for-first-time-researchers-say-raising-questions-over-impact-on-sexual-health\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T11:38:18","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T11:38:18","slug":"microplastics-found-in-penises-for-first-time-researchers-say-raising-questions-over-impact-on-sexual-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitaltradecenter.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/20\/microplastics-found-in-penises-for-first-time-researchers-say-raising-questions-over-impact-on-sexual-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Microplastics found in penises for first time, researchers say \u2013 raising questions over impact on sexual health"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Microplastics have been found in penises for the first time, with scientists raising questions about their impact on sexual health.<\/p>\n

A study, published in science journal Nature, assessed the tissue from six men who had undergone surgery treating erectile dysfunction.<\/p>\n

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In 80% of the samples, seven types of microplastics were identified, with some as small as two micrometres – or two thousandths of a millimetre.<\/p>\n

“The detection of microplastics in penile tissue raises inquiries on the ramifications of environmental pollutants on sexual health,” scientists said in the study.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Almost half of the microplastics found were polyethylene terephthalate, commonly used to make clothes and food and drink packaging.<\/p>\n

Polypropylene – a harder microplastic also used in packaging – formed 34.7% of the substances.<\/p>\n

Some were as large as half a millimetre, according to researchers.<\/p>\n

“Our study presents a ground-breaking investigation into the presence of microplastics in penile tissue,” researchers said.<\/p>\n

“By shedding light on the presence of microplastics in human tissues, our research adds a crucial dimension to the ongoing discourse about the effects of environmental pollutants on human health, with a speci\ufb01c focus on male sexual health.”<\/p>\n

Microplastics can enter the human body through the food we eat<\/strong>, water we drink<\/strong>, air we breathe or simply through touch.<\/p>\n

They were found in blood for the first time in 2022<\/strong> and more recent research links their contamination to more severe conditions.<\/p>\n

A study published in March this year found patients with microplastics in their blood vessels were more likely to suffer a stroke, early death or heart attack<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The researchers identified plastic in the blood vessels of almost three in five (58%) of the 304 patients enrolled in the study in Italy.<\/p>\n

Those findings do not prove the plastic particles caused the heart attacks and strokes, as the patients could have been exposed to other risk factors.<\/p>\n

But they chime with other research that found microplastics harm human cells, released by Hull York Medical School and the University of Hull in 2021.<\/p>\n

Microplastics may even contribute to climate change<\/strong>, with researchers finding contaminants in clouds surrounding Japan’s Mount Fuji.<\/p>\n

The research published on Wednesday was authored by experts from the University of Miami, University of Colorado, San Rafaele University in Milan and German research institute Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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