Plastics, Microplastics, and Plastic Chemicals: Emerging Impacts on Human Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep Health

This virtual NHLBI–NIEHS workshop examines how exposure to micro- and nanoplastics and PFAS forever chemicals across the lifespan affects heart, lung, blood and sleep disorders, and identifies research gaps and opportunities. Basic scientists, clinicians, epidemiologists, toxicologists, environmental and data scientists and community representatives discuss multi-omics and AI approaches in birth cohorts, animal models and organoids, and how clinical trials could incorporate technology-based interventions, exposure assessment and implementation science. Sessions run 10:00 on 7 December to 15:45 on 8 December (US Eastern).