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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 flavius29663 »

bhouston wrote: post #90
spicyusername wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

probably fairly easy to deal with. [citation needed]

My suggestion, which isn't rocket science: Ban plastic food containers for any type of long-term storage or anything that gets heated up (and different plastics have different microplastic shedding profiles, so ban the worst first) and also ban PFAS in anything that gets close to food. It will increase costs, but the alternative is we poison ourselves, so it is sort of needed. Phase it in so that industries have time…

I think that with the advances in refrigeration, materials, logistics, we can safely go back to having bulk food for a lot of our needs. Also reusable glass containers instead of plastic bottles (e.g. for milk, oil, etc.)

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

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Post by bluefirebrand »

bamboozled wrote: post #99
yuumei wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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...

Presumably, alive and full of microplastics is still better than just being dead, which is usually what happens when you don't get blood transfusions when you need them.

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

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Post by JoeAltmaier »

xdavidliu wrote: post #91
hotstickyballs wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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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

Evolution is working every single generation. Dogs no more or less than humans or anything else.

Dogs were selected, but everything responds to environmental pressures. All the time. Natural ones no different than human-provided ones, right?

And humans have changed more in the last 50K years than in the 1M before that. Because of civilization I have to think. Anyway, off by 2 orders of magnitude there, for really significant changes.

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

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Post by nonethewiser »

moffkalast wrote: post #45
nonethewiser wrote: post #3

I looked for microplastic test services and it seems like they're all $500+. Wish it was something you could do at home. The local results are all that really matters. Would be interesting to compare bottled water vs. tap water/well water. I've heard bottled water tends to contain more.

Well this is something you don't really need a high tech test kit for. Take a sample of any fluid you can find anywhere, are microplastics in it? The answer is yes.

You don't think its possible to remove microplastics from water?

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

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Post by purpleflame1257 »

fingting wrote: post #97
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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Sperm counts have been falling since the 50s, though.

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

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Post by dimask »

bhouston wrote: post #90
spicyusername wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

probably fairly easy to deal with. [citation needed]

My suggestion, which isn't rocket science: Ban plastic food containers for any type of long-term storage or anything that gets heated up (and different plastics have different microplastic shedding profiles, so ban the worst first) and also ban PFAS in anything that gets close to food. It will increase costs, but the alternative is we poison ourselves, so it is sort of needed. Phase it in so that industries have time…

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

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Post by bowsamic »

jokoon wrote: post #74
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…

The problem of replacing plastic in food is the cost. If you use glass or steel or aluminum, you need new logistics to reuse them. Also, glass is heavier, and requires a lot of energy to be made, so it would require a production chain that ships back empty containers. The best silver bullet solution would be to have local canteen, a bit like in the army or at school, where you just get a subscription with a calendar…

This is how they do it in Germany. Most working Germans I know of eat at the work canteen and have a small bread meal at home in the evening

Weird that you're getting downvoted for this. HN is on a weird one recently

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

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Post by trident5000 »

wendyshu wrote: post #20
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.

There was plastic in the burger?

Yep, it looked like it was from an ingredients bag that was cut open. Thats my best guess.

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

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Post by bhouston »

fingting wrote: post #97
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 tried to find a citation and it was sort of mixed in terms of results -- it doesn't seem like it is the primary cause of it dropping across the board:

https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-745766

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

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Post by tomrod »

hoseja wrote: post #93
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.

Perhaps related to microplastics interfering with the endocrine system. https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/programs/geh/geh_newslett...
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