https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-10-plastic-chemical-phthalate-dna-breakage.html
Plastic chemical phthalate causes DNA breakage and chromosome defects in sex cells, new study finds a new study conducted on roundworms finds that a common plastic ingredient causes breaks in DNA strands, resulting in egg cells with the wrong number of chromosomes. Monica Colaiácovo of Harvard Medical School led the study, which was published October 24 in the journal PLOS Genetics.