Wired (Sept. 22) – An alarming new study finds that infant feces contain 10 times more polyester fibers than adult feces. “We should be concerned because the (endocrine-disrupting chemicals) in microplastics have been shown to be linked with several adverse outcomes in human and animal studies,” says Jodi Flaws, a reproductive toxicologist at the U. of I. who led a 2020 study on plastics but wasn’t involved in this new research. “Some of the microplastics contain chemicals that can interfere with the normal function of the endocrine system.”
https://www.wired.com/story/baby-poop-is-loaded-with-microplastics/