May be microplastics A reason to carry out the suit of osteoporosis worldwide, according to ResearchThe The study reveals that when these small plastic particles enter the body, they disrupt the effectiveness of the bone marrow stem cells, which are necessary to maintain bone tissue and repair.
Your bones are re -filled throughout your life. Osteoporosis is a condition where this process goes wrong, it exceeds the rate that is replaced with bone breakdown. It weakens the bone over time and the fracture is more likely. Condition There are many risk reasons– Age, gender, ations, diet, smoking and alcohol and genetics are all known to influence it – over time it develops slowly. Often people do not understand that they have a condition until they break the bones.
This new analysis, published in the Osteoporosis International Journal, has added exposure to a potential new risk of microplastics. The study reviewed 62 scientific articles that tested various laboratories and animals on the bone micro- and nanoplastic potential effects. Lab test analysis has shown that microplastics stimulate the formation of osteoclasts, cells made by bone marrow stem cells that reduce the promotion of bone tissues to restore the restoration, the process that breaks the body and removes the old or damaged bone.
The survey also found that the bone related to the bone, plastic particles can reduce the functioning of the cells, premature cellular can induce aging, change the expression of genes and trigger inflammatory reactions. The combination of these effects produces an imbalance where the osteolasts destroy bone tissues more more than the resurrection, thereby weakening the bone structure severe.
When the animal looks at the study, the researchers found that the body reduces the calculation of the white blood cells in the body – which suggests the change in the bone marrow activity. Furthermore, this animal survey was suggested that the microplastic effect on the osteolasts could be associated with the degradation of bone microstructure and the formation of the irregular structure of the cell, increasing the risk of bone fragility, deformation and breakdown.
“In this study, the adverse effects ended anxiously by obstructing the growth of the skeletons of the animals,” said Assistant Rodrigo Bueno de Olivira, “in A. Press releaseThe “The potential impact of microplastic on the bone is the subject of scientific study and it is not negligible.”
Olivira, who is the coordinator of the laboratory for the evaluation of minerals and bone disorders at the State University of Campinus in Brazil, is now working with his team to further prove the relationship between microplastics and bone degradation. This study will begin by evaluating the effects of microplastic particles in the rat femures.
“Although osteomatic diseases are relatively well understood, we have a gap of knowledge about microplastic effects on the development of these diseases. So, one of our goals is to prove that microplastics can be possible controllable environmental causes, for example, the growth of bone fractures, the growth of the bone.
Microplastics and nanoplastics are small pieces of plastic – which they are so small that they disappear to the empty eye – which reduces sunlight, air, rain, sea water or friction when isolated from the daily object. The main difference between the two is in their size: microplastics measure from 1 micrometer (one thousand to one thousand) to 5 millimeters, while nanoplastics are smaller than 1 micrometer. These particles have been identified in the natural environment as well as human bodies and meat, water and various agricultural products around the world.
Studies have begun to show that this type of plastic can pollute The health of the damageThe Experts argue that this means the world needs to reduce the use of plastic. More than 500 million components are produced worldwide every year, but only 9 percent is recycled, spreading most of the environment and degraded.
This story was originally attended Wired N aspaol And have been translated from Spanish.