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Can someone explain the microplastics thing to me?
Why has there been an increase?
Where does it come from?
How do you avoid it?
The paper also found the quantity of microplastics in brain samples from 2024 was about 50% higher from the total in samples that date to 2016, suggesting the concentration of microplastics found in human brains is rising at a similar rate to that found in the environment. Most of the organs came from the office of the medical investigator in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which investigates untimely or violent deaths.
“You can draw a line – it’s increasing over time. It’s consistent with what you’re seeing in the environment,”
We use plastic for everything, and that trend hasn't slowed. Over time plastics and their mini-bits have been found in every part of the planet, in the soil and air, deep in a glacier, you name it. There is no avoiding it. Everything you touch, eat, drink, and wear at some point will contain these forever chemical plastics.
forever chemical plastics
plastics are not "forever chemicals" god that term fucking sucks
Hope you have a better day tomorrow.
They should have just called them polyfluoroalkyls or something, but no "forever chemicals" just sounds more like dooooooooooomm
i can appreciate journalists can't say technical words but the emphasis is on the wrong characteristic and clearly people confuse the term for other things that are long-lasting. couldda called em cancer juice
You can't avoid it 100%, but you can mitigate the amount.
Use loose leaf and an infuser over pre-bagged tea
Reusable metal waterbottles
Avoid food that is heavily pre packaged in plastic
Don't be me and decide to work in an industry where vinyl dust was an unavoidable hazard
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I mean is this new finding? I'm not shocked. Hell coronavirus seeps into the brain and causes drastic changes apparently. So not surprised that other foreign chemicals are also getting there. Its very agonizing as to how much disregard there is for a healthy standard of life from the liberalised global system.
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