Stefen AurisM to Furry ScientistsEnglish · edit-22 months agoBreathing may introduce microplastics to the brain – new studytheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up191arrow-down1external-linkBreathing may introduce microplastics to the brain – new studytheconversation.comStefen AurisM to Furry ScientistsEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
Thankfully it’s not much but I don’t think I’ll deeply sniff my laundry like they do in detergent commercials anymore lol
minus-squareMisterD@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months agoSupposedly we ingest/breath a credit card worth of plastic every week.
minus-squareYungOnions@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoYeah, about five grams a week, apparently: https://www.reuters.com/graphics/ENVIRONMENT-PLASTIC/0100B4TF2MQ/
minus-squareVoltage@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoWhere do the plastic go after they are inside us?
minus-squareRandomgal@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI like to think your body just uses it to replace some other organic materials. So effectively we’re now beings who are like 0.5% made of plastic.
minus-squareProgrammingSockslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoEverywhere. They are very, very small. Small enough to cross the blood-brain barrier.
minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoMostly down the toilet.
minus-squareMisterD@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThey don’t know. It’s found in sperm and embryos too. My guess: it’s the cause of low sperm count
Supposedly we ingest/breath a credit card worth of plastic every week.
Yeah, about five grams a week, apparently: https://www.reuters.com/graphics/ENVIRONMENT-PLASTIC/0100B4TF2MQ/
Where do the plastic go after they are inside us?
I like to think your body just uses it to replace some other organic materials. So effectively we’re now beings who are like 0.5% made of plastic.
Everywhere. They are very, very small. Small enough to cross the blood-brain barrier.
Mostly down the toilet.
So thats why everyone is so fat
They don’t know. It’s found in sperm and embryos too.
My guess: it’s the cause of low sperm count