CME Available on the AMA Ed Hub™: https://edhub.ama-assn.org/ama-education/audio-player/10.1001/ama.2025.0002215

When plastic breaks down into microplastic particles, not only do they pollute the environment—numerous studies have found they infiltrate multiple organ systems and tissues. In fact, a 2022 study in Environmental International estimated that microplastics were circulating in the blood of 77% of Americans. With growing evidence of the health risks posed by microplastics, what can physicians do to respond to this health threat?

In this episode of Clinically Significant™, hosts Jodi Abbott, MD, MSc, MHCM, Avir Mitra, MD, and special guest host Lindsey Realmuto explore what we know about the impact of microplastics on public health and how physicians can adapt their practice to minimize exposure to microplastics.

Episode Guests:

Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc: Director, Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good, Director of the Global Observatory on Planetary Health, Boston College.
Thais Mauad, MD, PhD: Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, University of São Paulo.
Leonardo Trasande, MD, MPP: Professor of Pediatrics, New York University Grossman School of Medicine.

This episode of Clinically Significant™ is hosted by:

Jodi Abbott, MD, MSc, MHCM: Professor of Ob/Gyn at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and Medical Director of the Education Center Curriculum and Outreach for the American Medical Association (AMA)
Avir Mitra, MD: Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at NYU Langone and contributing editor at Radiolab (WNYC)
Lindsey Realmuto, MPH: Lindsey is a Senior Program Manager at the American Medical Association where she serves as a subject matter expert on climate change and environmental health.

CME Info:

Accreditation Statement: The American Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation Statement: The AMA designates this Enduring Material activity for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to:

0.5 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;
0.5 Self-Assessment points in the American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery's (ABOHNS) Continuing Certification program;
0.5 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics' (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program; and
0.5 Lifelong Learning points in the American Board of Pathology's (ABPath) Continuing Certification program
0.5 Credit towards the CME Requirement(s) of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program

It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting MOC credit. CME Disclosure Statement: Unless noted, all individuals in control of content reported no relevant financial relationships. If applicable, all relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.