人类血液中首次发现微塑料颗粒(11)

这项新的研究发表在《国际环境》（Environment International）杂志上，并调整了现有技术，以检测和分析小至0.0007毫米的颗粒。一些血液样本中含有两种或三种塑料颗粒。该团队使用钢制注射器针头和玻璃管以避免污染，并使用空白样本测试微塑料的基准水平。
syringe
syringe /srnd/ 表示“注射器，注射筒”，英文解释为“a hollow, cylinder-shaped piece of equipment used for sucking liquid out of something or pushing liquid into something, especially one with a needle that can be put under the skin and used to inject drugs, remove small amounts of blood, etc.”
contamination
表示“污染，玷污；污染物”，英文解释为“something that contaminates”；contaminate作动词，表示“污染；弄脏”，英文解释为“to make a substance or place dirty or no longer pure by adding a substance that is dangerous or carries disease”举个：
The drinking water has become contaminated with lead.
饮用水被铅污染了。
Vethaak acknowledged that the amount and type of plastic varied considerably between the blood samples. “But this is a pioneering study,” he said, with more work now needed. He said the differences might reflect short-term exposure before the blood samples were taken, such as drinking from a plastic-lined coffee cup, or wearing a plastic face mask.