Reacción a "Microplastics found in reproductive fluids"

This study presents some very interesting, but unfortunately not unexpected results for scientists. In brief, microplastics were found in both follicular fluid and seminal plasma, i.e. in both male and female reproductive organs. These findings were found in a high proportion of the subjects analysed.

It should be noted that this is a preliminary study, as the authors warn, due to the small sample size, but also due to the absence of complementary analyses such as, for example, an exploration of the association between the presence of microplastics and markers of inflammation in the reproductive tracts, or an association with the level of exposure of the subjects to microplastics in their environment.

However, the main conclusions of the study, i.e. that there is a high proportion of men and women who have microplastics in their reproductive tracts, are in line with and reinforce the findings of other research.