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That capability opens the door to tracking the full life cycle of microplastics, from ingestion and internal transport to transformation and final breakdown.

From Science Daily • Feb. 13, 2026

This approach, the memo said, was critical in identifying harmful substances that “pose exposure hazards via ingestion, inhalation of dust, or through garden/food production.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

"This case highlights not only the dangers of magnet ingestion but also the dangers of the online marketplace for our paediatric population," said the authors of the paper, Binura Lekamalage, Lucinda Duncan-Were and Nicola Davis.

From Barron's • Oct. 24, 2025

As caffeine is rapidly absorbed, the effects may begin minutes after ingestion and last for a number of hours.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025

“Sir,” I said, “I am delivering my ingestion book.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson