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New Delhi, Dec 4: Nanoplastics formed from everyday single-use PET bottles can directly interfere with essential biological systems in the human body, according to new research from the Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali. The study, published in Nanoscale Advances, provides some of the clearest evidence yet that these tiny plastic particles — already known to contaminate food, water and even human tissues — have measurable and harmful biological effects.

Led by Prashant Sharma and Sakshi Dagariya of INST’s Chemical Biology Unit, the research shows that nanoplastics can significantly impair the health-promoting bacteria that support human digestion and immunity. Experiments using Lactobacillus rhamnosus revealed that long-term exp

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