Microplastics CoP Webinar II – Reflections on Scientific Publications discussing Microplastics Quantification in Human Blood and Bioaccumulation in Human Brain

The Microplastics Initiative Community of Practice is preparing a webinar series for 2025 centered around four key focus areas: Analytics, Exposure, Biomonitoring, and Health Impact.

For this second webinar Dr. Federic Been and Dr. H. Kas, authors of “Improved multivariate quantification of plastic particles in human blood using non-targeted pyrolysis GC-MS” will present a summary of their paper, highlighting key findings, research gaps, and opportunities for future exploration in the field of microplastic (MiP) analytics.

Dr. Marianna Armogida and Dr. Filip Sucharski from Haleon will provide insights into the study's methodology and discuss possible extensions of the findings by linking to another publication “Bioaccumulation of microplastics in decedent human brains”

Following up the talk, Dr. Inge Mulder from Amsterdam UMC will also dig deep into exploring the potential implications of detecting microplastics in the blood, including whether these particles might cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB).