Scientists issue dire warning: Microplastic accumulation in human brains escalating
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That would seem to be the explanation on the face of it. Piping is made from heavier duty plastic. But I've heard that PVC can start leaking some nasty chemicals over the decades. Is that better or worse than microplastics?
PVC fell out of use in the 2000s, most buildings use PEX now; but I don't know how that compares.
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More importantly, how are we getting them out?
Attach your brain to a 3D printer. Make some use of all that plastic and print your thoughts. /j
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He believes that food, especially meat, is the primary source of microplastics entering the body, as commercial meat production tends to accumulate plastic particles within the food chain.
“The way we irrigate fields with plastic-contaminated water, we postulate that the plastics build up there,” Campen said. “We feed those crops to our livestock. We take the manure and put it back on the field, so there may be a sort of feed-forward biomagnification.”
Go vegan, I guess?
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I've been drinking exclusively from a water bottle with a filter for a few years at this point and it feels less and less paranoid.
I started putting aluminum foil, folded a few times to the size of a typical card, in my wallet, in each flap... a year or two after credit and debit cards started getting RFID chips (the things that let you tap as oppose to swipe), and thus could be scanned and cloned by a guy walking around with a device in their backpack... and one of my cards was cloned this way.
Everyone called me paranoid.
Faraday cages block radio signals... RFID works via radio signals.
Then, that form of cloning cards became more popular, and now, most wallets just feature a bit of metallic weave or layer in them somewhere to prevent that, or the ekster and ridge wallets that just are metal.
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I'm a Barbie girl, in the Barbie world
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The researchers speculate that microplastics could contribute to neurological conditions by obstructing blood flow, interfering with neural connections, or triggering inflammation in the brain.
A whole generation dumbed down by lead and now microplastics. We fucked
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More importantly, how are we getting them out?
I don't think that's an option, given that they keep increasing
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So what? We all have to make a bit of sacrifice to maximize shareholder value. Stop whining about it!
::: spoiler Tap for spoiler
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More importantly, how are we getting them out?
Haha that's the neat part
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The researchers speculate that microplastics could contribute to neurological conditions by obstructing blood flow, interfering with neural connections, or triggering inflammation in the brain.
A whole generation dumbed down by lead and now microplastics. We fucked
This is just one more apocalypse to add to the pile. We are no more fucked that before we knew about this. Humanity can only die once.
Still, kinda shit, eh?
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COMPLETE. GLOBAL. SATURATION.
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I can feel it
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I'm a Barbie girl, in the Barbie world
Life in plastic, it's fantasticWho would have guessed that song was an apocalyptic warning
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So what? We all have to make a bit of sacrifice to maximize shareholder value. Stop whining about it!
::: spoiler Tap for spoiler
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More importantly, how are we getting them out?
Most plastic melts at between 200°C and 320°C.
So... Uh. Let's fire up those ovens, baby.I suggest we start with Dupont and 3M executives to field test the removal process - since they're cool with testing their products on us.
Additional suggestions encouraged. Coke-Amatil? Tyre manufacturers?
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Come on asteroid where the fuck are you….
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He believes that food, especially meat, is the primary source of microplastics entering the body, as commercial meat production tends to accumulate plastic particles within the food chain.
“The way we irrigate fields with plastic-contaminated water, we postulate that the plastics build up there,” Campen said. “We feed those crops to our livestock. We take the manure and put it back on the field, so there may be a sort of feed-forward biomagnification.”
Go vegan, I guess?
Yes, and:
“Bottled water alone can expose people to nearly as many microplastic particles annually as all ingested and inhaled sources combined,” said Brandon Luu, an Internal Medicine Resident at the University of Toronto. “Switching to tap water could reduce this exposure by almost 90%, making it one of the simplest ways to cut down on microplastic intake.”
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You have to remember that plastic containers aren't washed before they are filled with product. That's often where much of the micro/nano plastics come from.
That's interesting and sounds about right. Do you have any links on this subject?
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Yes, and:
“Bottled water alone can expose people to nearly as many microplastic particles annually as all ingested and inhaled sources combined,” said Brandon Luu, an Internal Medicine Resident at the University of Toronto. “Switching to tap water could reduce this exposure by almost 90%, making it one of the simplest ways to cut down on microplastic intake.”
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I was curious about this since a plastic bottle that held water for years doesn't show any wear on the inside and found out it's not the bottle that's the likely source but the filters they use prior to bottling, which have a plastic mesh system. The bottle can stills leech BPA and is best avoided.
