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#Microplastics in #placentas linked to #premature #births, study suggests
Tiny plastic pollution more than 50% higher in placentas from preterm births than in those from full-term births https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/30/microplastics-placentas-link-premature-births-study

#Microplastics in #placentas linked to #premature #births, study suggests
Tiny plastic pollution more than 50% higher in placentas from preterm births than in those from full-term births https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/30/microplastics-placentas-link-premature-births-study

The same qualities that make #placentas so valuable during pregnancy

make them profoundly useful for ❇️healing burns and wounds, too.

⚠️So why do we throw so many away?

Research has found placenta-derived grafts can reduce pain and inflammation,
heal burns,
prevent the formation of scar tissue and adhesions around surgical sites
and even restore vision.

They’re also gaining popularity as a treatment for the widespread issue of chronic wounds.

And yet, of the roughly 3.5 million placentas delivered in the United States each year,
most still wind up in biohazard disposal bags or hospital incinerators.

That flummoxes Ms. Townsend, who returned to her job as a surgical assistant with a new perspective.

“I’m constantly in these hospitals that don’t donate or utilize the placental tissue,” she said.

“I hear the obstetrician say, ‘I don’t need to send that to pathology or anything; just trash it.’

I cringe every time.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/well/placenta-donations-burns-wounds.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

The same qualities that make #placentas so valuable during pregnancy

make them profoundly useful for ❇️healing burns and wounds, too.

⚠️So why do we throw so many away?

Research has found placenta-derived grafts can reduce pain and inflammation,
heal burns,
prevent the formation of scar tissue and adhesions around surgical sites
and even restore vision.

They’re also gaining popularity as a treatment for the widespread issue of chronic wounds.

And yet, of the roughly 3.5 million placentas delivered in the United States each year,
most still wind up in biohazard disposal bags or hospital incinerators.

That flummoxes Ms. Townsend, who returned to her job as a surgical assistant with a new perspective.

“I’m constantly in these hospitals that don’t donate or utilize the placental tissue,” she said.

“I hear the obstetrician say, ‘I don’t need to send that to pathology or anything; just trash it.’

I cringe every time.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/well/placenta-donations-burns-wounds.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare