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Scientists issue dire warning: Microplastic accumulation in human brains escalating (www.psypost.org)

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 31 minutes ago

Can plastic stay in it's plastic form after undergoing cooking?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 hours ago (4 children)

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.”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 29 minutes ago

Is this the case for all plastic bottles? Like for sodas and juices?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

I think that's mostly an issue in America. Here in Europe you can always drink tap water.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 minutes ago

We need to immediately research if people in maga areas are the ones who can't drink the tap water

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

It's not just whether tap water is potable, it's also about availability. My job gives us water in bottles because we're mobile for 12 hours at a time, and nowhere near accessible water pipes. I guess I'm fucked.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago

If I were you I would buy re-usable glass or metal bottles and fill them up before leaving

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

All the pipes are plastic too.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 hours ago

We're all gonna be drinking from the hose and eating peanut butter sandwiches out of aluminium foil wrappers like a bunch of gen-x kids.