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• Narrative review Date verified

  Microplastics reach athlete diets, but nobody has studied athletes directly

  A narrative review raises dietary microplastic exposure in athletes, flagging packaged foods and bottled drinks as plausible exposure routes. The authors are explicit that mechanisms are plausible while direct studies in athletes do not exist.

  Nutrients 18(14):2398 · 22 July 2026 · PMID 42514468

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