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- A small study of men with erectile dysfunction found microplastics hiding in most of their penises.
- An older man with a traditional lifestyle was the only one who didn't have microplastic in his penis.
- Scientists don't totally understand how microplastics affect reproductive health, but they're worried.
When scientists first started murmuring about a striking connection between more microplastics and more heart attacks, Dr. Ranjith Ramasamy's mind immediately traveled further south, to another blood-pumping organ, one that he knows very well.