What microplastics testing can and cannot show
daygauge treats microplastics as education, optional private lab context and exposure notes, not as an inferred health score.
Can you test for microplastics?
Some research labs can detect plastic particles in human samples, but consumer microplastics testing is still emerging and interpretation is limited.
What testing can and cannot show
Published research has detected plastic particles in human blood samples, but that does not mean a consumer app can infer personal exposure from lifestyle data.
A test result depends on sample type, lab method, contamination controls and interpretation.
How daygauge should handle it
If a user imports a lab result, daygauge can store it as a private timeline event and connect it to user-supplied context.
It should not turn that into a leaderboard, public score or disease-risk prediction.
Useful experiments without fake certainty
Users may still track packaging changes, water-filter changes, food-storage changes or occupational exposure notes.
daygauge can compare those notes with future lab dates if supplied, but it should label the result as context, not causality.
Sources daygauge can cite without overclaiming.
These sources inform product wording and evidence labels. They should not be turned into personal diagnosis, treatment or disease-risk prediction.
- Discovery and quantification of plastic particle pollution in human blood
- Environment International microplastics blood study
- Microplastics and human health review
Research context only. daygauge does not diagnose, treat, prevent or predict disease risk. Personal medical concerns belong with a qualified clinician.
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