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New study finds microplastics infiltrate all systems of body, alter behaviour

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Re: New study finds microplastics infiltrate all systems of body, alter behaviour

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Post by xdavidliu »

hotstickyballs wrote: post #83
bhouston wrote: post #75

There are two macro population health trends that suggest we are somehow poisoning ourselves at a large scale. Most people do not relate the two, but I personally wouldn't be surprised if they have related causes. The first is the Flynn effect, which was rising IQ levels decade over decade, which halted and then reserved for most Western nations around 1990s/2000s and is now declining: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F…

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i don’t think evolution works that fast; the only thing that fast would be something like selective breeding for dogs, but thats intentional; the type of evolution you’re talking about is more on the order of 10^6 years

Re: New study finds microplastics infiltrate all systems of body, alter behaviour

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Post by dwaltrip »

safety1st wrote: post #46
m_a_g wrote: post #5

This is the third time this week I've seen a study related to microplastics. Should I be alarmed? If so, what can I even do? If I'm understanding these studies correctly, these microplastics are everywhere. In our bodies, in our water supplies, in our food. And we can't even get rid of them.

My $0.02: no. A) The research is still very much in its infancy. We don't know how big of a deal microplastics are to human health yet. In a couple years we'll have a better idea. B) There's not much you can do about them. This is compounded by A). Maybe certain types, sizes, forms of exposure etc. are more significant? We don't know any of this yet. C) You have a limited capacity for anxiety without going crazy, all…

C is so important.

Re: New study finds microplastics infiltrate all systems of body, alter behaviour

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Post by hoseja »

bhouston wrote: post #75

There are two macro population health trends that suggest we are somehow poisoning ourselves at a large scale. Most people do not relate the two, but I personally wouldn't be surprised if they have related causes. The first is the Flynn effect, which was rising IQ levels decade over decade, which halted and then reserved for most Western nations around 1990s/2000s and is now declining: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F…

You need to add obesity to that.

Re: New study finds microplastics infiltrate all systems of body, alter behaviour

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Post by shlant »

enbugger wrote: post #24

Microplastics - Yet another narrative to milk money from middle class Americans. Refer to the top comments for the prove

how do you determine the difference between a "narrative" that is a true reflection of reality and a "narrative" that is to "milk money from middle class Americans"?

Re: New study finds microplastics infiltrate all systems of body, alter behaviour

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Post by dubcanada »

trident5000 wrote: post #15

I bought a tub of BCAA powder from Ghost and was horrified after finding a large spidery plastic blob buried in there. I went to Burger King and looked inside the burger randomly which I never do and found plastic. Theres a microplastic issue but theres also a large plastic issue in food. Often times you do even notice when you eat it.

Why would you look inside a burger? And how do you know it was "plastic"?

Re: New study finds microplastics infiltrate all systems of body, alter behaviour

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Post by flavius29663 »

hotstickyballs wrote: post #83
bhouston wrote: post #75

There are two macro population health trends that suggest we are somehow poisoning ourselves at a large scale. Most people do not relate the two, but I personally wouldn't be surprised if they have related causes. The first is the Flynn effect, which was rising IQ levels decade over decade, which halted and then reserved for most Western nations around 1990s/2000s and is now declining: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F…

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I think Eugenism started with this kind of argument.

Re: New study finds microplastics infiltrate all systems of body, alter behaviour

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Post by fingting »

bhouston wrote: post #75

There are two macro population health trends that suggest we are somehow poisoning ourselves at a large scale. Most people do not relate the two, but I personally wouldn't be surprised if they have related causes. The first is the Flynn effect, which was rising IQ levels decade over decade, which halted and then reserved for most Western nations around 1990s/2000s and is now declining: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F…

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Re: New study finds microplastics infiltrate all systems of body, alter behaviour

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Post by bamboozled »

safety1st wrote: post #46
m_a_g wrote: post #5

This is the third time this week I've seen a study related to microplastics. Should I be alarmed? If so, what can I even do? If I'm understanding these studies correctly, these microplastics are everywhere. In our bodies, in our water supplies, in our food. And we can't even get rid of them.

My $0.02: no. A) The research is still very much in its infancy. We don't know how big of a deal microplastics are to human health yet. In a couple years we'll have a better idea. B) There's not much you can do about them. This is compounded by A). Maybe certain types, sizes, forms of exposure etc. are more significant? We don't know any of this yet. C) You have a limited capacity for anxiety without going crazy, all…

You already kind of know that it would be better if our bodies weren't infiltrated with microplastics though don't you?

Re: New study finds microplastics infiltrate all systems of body, alter behaviour

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Post by bamboozled »

yuumei wrote: post #80
m_a_g wrote: post #5

This is the third time this week I've seen a study related to microplastics. Should I be alarmed? If so, what can I even do? If I'm understanding these studies correctly, these microplastics are everywhere. In our bodies, in our water supplies, in our food. And we can't even get rid of them.

One thing you can do personally to reduce the amount in your body is to donate blood

Don't you just make someone else more poisoned then ? Seems shit...

Re: New study finds microplastics infiltrate all systems of body, alter behaviour

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Post by troyjfarrell »

njovin wrote: post #22

I'm still shocked that there hasn't been more of a regulatory push to eliminate single-use plastics. In the US the closest we've gotten is banning plastic straws and charging for plastic carry bags. Everything I've read about plastic recycling points to it being ineffective and requiring massive amounts of fossil fuel to move the waste around the globe, often with much of it just getting burned or dumped into the env…

Kyrgyzstan passed a law banning many single-use plastics from January 1st, 2027. I hope the ban sticks. It will be challenging to make the economics work.

https://24.kg/english/272281__Production_and_sale_of_plastic...

https://24.kg/english/272323__Kyrgyzstan_to_fine_for_sale_an...

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