Scientists at the University of New Mexico have found the amount of microplastics found in the brain has increased dramatically over the last eight years.

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Microplastics, present in human brains, liver and kidneys, pose serious health risks such as oxidative stress, inflammation and neuroinflammation. Studies show that people with detected microplastics have higher risks of various diseases.

Scientists have found "alarming" evidence that microplastics not only get into the human brain but could be contributing to the onset of dementia and other neurological diseases."Human brains contain approximately a spoon's worth of microplastics and nanoplastics,