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Well you know. One is WAY worse. Like we still have not found that much proof of plastic being very bad
Someone correct me if I'm remembering this incorrectly but I do remember seeing a article explaining how we have discovered that plastic has been making men infertile due to the male body collecting micro plastics in the balls to the point that if not stopped in time the plastic will start killing sperms and making the man sterile Edit I think I found the video that informed me https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IoH41Qzv__0 Upon searching I've found a lot of the sources claiming that there is a correlation between plastic count and sperm count seems to be coming from India which is odd but yet again if you want to study people surrounded by garbage India is the place to get a large sample size but I've also found some sources saying that plastic is more specifically affecting hormone production https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LXq1Sm95GlQ&pp=ygUYcGxhc3RpY3Mgc3RlcmlsaXppbmcgbWVu
Correlation is not causation. There is currently no definitive proof of anything. It sure as hell is not good for us. But I'll take the plastic over the lead poisoning every day.
I'm just saying one is acutely more dangerous.
Edit: while I have not watched the entire video, she even says the studies are incredibly small. You can not say shit if you test less than 20 people. These small studies' results may point to a larger study being interesting to do, but nothing else.
Lead is more dangerous to humans. Plastic is worse for the planet
That is indeed what I meant to say. Though if we want to talk about worse things we can just at both farming and climate change. THOSE are really really bad
There aren't any islands of lead in the ocean, and lead items aren't single-use. Yes yes, both are bad, but one is obviously worse.
I meant when it is in our bodies. One is WAY worse then.
Well, in that case, I might agree. Lead is worse for our bodies, plastic is worse for nature.
What the fuck are you on, it's already done untold damage to our ecosystems
I meant microplastics in our bodies. Not the environment. Though you could argue that farming as a whole is the worst thing we are doing
In terms of our bodies probably too early to say, could be some bad long term effects though I'm not sure on that one
micro-plastics in the brain
The article I read said Alzheimer patients had 10x the amount of plastics in the, compared to peoples ithput Alzheimers.
Edit: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/21/microplastics-brain-pollution-health
People downvoting this comment are just mad that you're right.