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“Over the past decade we have witnessed an unprecedented rise in plastic pollution occurring alongside a global surge in chronic liver disease. The liver sits at the frontline of our defence against foreign toxins and recently have we been able to detect micro and nanoplastics within human liver tissue. We know very little about how these plastic particles accumulate, how long they persist, or how they might drive disease processes and liver injury. Thanks to the Peninsula Medical Foundation, we can now begin to address some of the most urgent questions of our time: how are these particles entering the liver, and could they be contributing to the rising burden of liver disease? PMF’s support for Alex Mead’s PhD has allowed us to launch this pioneering work within the new Centre of Environmental Hepatology. None of this would be possible without the generosity of those who support PMF. Their investment is enabling discoveries that could transform our understanding of environmental threats to human health and help protect future generations.”
Professor Shilpa Chokshi PhD, FRSB
Director, Centre of Environmental Hepatology
Professor of Experimental Hepatology, University of Plymouth