Plastics have infiltrated every recess of the planet, including your lungs, kidneys and other sensitive organs. Scientists are scrambling to understand their effects on health.
  • Tanis Nikana@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    estimates that he can isolate about 10 grams of plastics from a donated human brain; that’s about the weight of an unused crayon.

  • adam_y@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    But there is no evidence yet that microplastics directly cause poor health in humans — only data that show a link.

    • lordnikon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 days ago

      Blood donation is the one thing shown to help reduce plastics in your body and it has the side effect of helping others

      • AlexWIWA@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        6 days ago

        Is it because they run your blood through a filter while they’re pulling it? Or is it just that the blood we make to replace it is clean?

        I’m laughing pretty hard that blood letting is now an actually useful treatment

  • Che Banana@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Yes. This will be the next science denial ‘debate’ after climate change (if we live that long)

  • rickdg@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    We do have young and healthy people getting sick with no obvious explanation.