{"id":130734,"date":"2025-06-08T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T08:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=130734"},"modified":"2025-06-08T08:00:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T08:00:13","slug":"microplastics-from-biodegradable-material-may-be-linked-to-diabetes-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=130734","title":{"rendered":"Microplastics from biodegradable material may be linked to diabetes, study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostMicroplastics from a widely used biodegradable material can enter the metabolic cycle of bacteria and cells in the gut after being ingested, a new study has found.<br \/>\nResearchers in China and the United States said the microplastics \u2013 from polylactic acid \u2013 were found to alter the gut metabolism and damage the gut barrier of mice.<br \/>\nThey said this could potentially contribute to conditions like inflammatory bowel disease and diabetes.<br \/>\n\u201cThis is the first time in the world that microplastics have been&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3313412\/microplastics-biodegradable-material-may-be-linked-diabetes-study-finds?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostMicroplastics from a widely used biodegradable material can enter the metabolic cycle of bacteria and cells in the gut after being ingested, a new&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130734"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=130734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=130734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=130734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=130734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}