{"id":24099,"date":"2026-01-09T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/microplastics-weaken-biological-barrier-that-protects-brain\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T12:00:00","slug":"microplastics-weaken-biological-barrier-that-protects-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/?p=24099","title":{"rendered":"Microplastics weaken biological barrier that protects brain\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/apicms.thestar.com.my\/uploads\/images\/2026\/01\/02\/3701257.jpg\" \/><br \/>These minuscule bits of plastic cause the blood-brain barrier to become leaky. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/lifestyle\/health\/2026\/01\/09\/microplastics-weaken-biological-barrier-that-protects-brain\" rel=\"noopener\">Read full story<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n<strong>Source:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/lifestyle\/health\/2026\/01\/09\/microplastics-weaken-biological-barrier-that-protects-brain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\nwww.thestar.com.my<br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666;\">\n<strong>Medical Disclaimer:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis content is shared for informational and educational purposes only.<br \/>\nIt does not constitute medical, legal, or policy advice.<br \/>\nHealthcare decisions should always be made in consultation with qualified professionals.\n<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These minuscule bits of plastic cause the blood-brain barrier to become leaky. Read full story Source: www.thestar.com.my Medical Disclaimer: This content is shared for informational and educational purposes only. It does not constitute medical, legal, or policy advice. Healthcare decisions should always be made in consultation with qualified professionals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1747],"tags":[14420,14419,2225,13728,14414,14418],"class_list":["post-24099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fitness-lifestyle","tag-barrier","tag-biological","tag-brain","tag-microplastics","tag-protects","tag-weaken"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}