Microplastics

Hardly a day goes by without a news story about microplastics. They’re everywhere — including your body, the ocean, and drinking water.

Suppose you're designing a clinical trial to determine whether people from Inner Mongolia are better or worse swimmers than those from Outer Mongolia. 

Tiny plastic particles, categorized by their size as microplastics, <5mm or nanoplastics, 1-100nm are everywhere.

A recent study reported in the New England Journal Of Medicine (NEJM) has drawn the attention of the community of physicians and scientists researching and treating