Detection of microplastics in human breast milk and its association with changes in human milk bacterial microbiota
Saraluck A, Techarang T, Bunyapipat P, Boonchuwong K, Pullaput Y, Mordmuang A (2024). Journal of Clinical Medicine.
What they found
Raman spectroscopy found microplastics in 23 of 59 breast milk samples (38.98%), mainly polypropylene, polyethylene, polystyrene and PVC. Milk with detectable plastic had a different bacterial makeup (more Staphylococcus and Streptococcus).
- Sample
- 59 postpartum women in Thailand
- What it can't tell you
- Cross-sectional; the microbiota differences are associations and could reflect hygiene or other factors. Small single-site sample. No infant health outcomes.
- Funding
- Pol. Gen. Dr. Jongjate Aojanepong Fund
- Topics
- In the body, Baby and kids
- Checked against
- Abstract (Europe PMC, PMID 39064070); funder via Crossref