December 28, 2025 2:13 PM
Fathers’ Microplastic Exposure May Raise Risk of Diabetes in Daughters: Study
A father’s exposure to microplastics can trigger metabolic dysfunctions in children, with daughters being more at risk of developing diabetes, according to recent animal studies. Microplastics are tiny plastic particles, less than 5 millimetres in size, resulting from the breakdown of consumer products and industrial waste. While microplastics have already been detected in human reproductive systems, the study, published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society, is the first to establish a li...