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Breathing may introduce microplastics to the brain – new study (theconversation.com)
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Thankfully it's not much but I don't think I'll deeply sniff my laundry like they do in detergent commercials anymore lol

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[–] MisterD@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Supposedly we ingest/breath a credit card worth of plastic every week.

[–] YungOnions@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yeah, about five grams a week, apparently: https://www.reuters.com/graphics/ENVIRONMENT-PLASTIC/0100B4TF2MQ/

[–] Voltage@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Where do the plastic go after they are inside us?

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

So thats why everyone is so fat

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Mostly down the toilet.

[–] MisterD@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

They don't know. It's found in sperm and embryos too.

My guess: it's the cause of low sperm count

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

I like to think your body just uses it to replace some other organic materials. So effectively we're now beings who are like 0.5% made of plastic.

[–] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 1 points 9 months ago

Everywhere. They are very, very small. Small enough to cross the blood-brain barrier.