Alarming Level of Plastic in Children's Bodies, German Study Shows

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By Deutsche WelleSep 15, 2019, 10:00 am603 ptsHot
By Wesley Rahn Plastic byproducts were found in 97 percent of blood and urine samples from 2,500 children tested between 2014 and 2017, according to a study by the German Environment Ministry and the Robert Koch Institute. The German weekly magazine Der Spiegel published the findings, which were part of a…

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