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The Climate Crisis

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The average brain weighs 1300-1400 grams. If 0.5% of that is plastic by weight, your brain contains 6.5 - 7 grams of plastic. The average plastic credit card weighs 5 grams.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/21/microplastics-brain-pollution-health

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[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

With your fully automatics!