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It remains to be confirmed if nanoplastics – which are less than one micrometre across – may even slip through the skin, as some research suggests.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026

Male and female mice that received strain CBA3656 showed more than double the amount of nanoplastics in their feces compared with mice that did not receive the probiotic.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

Micro- and nanoplastics have been found everywhere scientists have looked.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

"The nanoplastics that are there can never be cleaned up," Niemann emphasizes.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

Research into microplastics, and even smaller nanoplastics, has sparked widespread concern about how everything from food packaging to microbeads in cosmetics is shedding tiny bits of material that we could be ingesting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026