cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/24563764
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24015956
this post was submitted on 08 Jan 2025
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One of the challenges is that little is known about the impact of microplastics on human health and the toxic effects that may vary depending on the type, size, shape, and concentration.
I think everyone agrees that microplastic accumulation is not good, but how much effort should we dedicate to eliminating them. Like if we banned plastic food packaging, but used something that increased the risk of food poisoning by 0.001% would that have a net positive impact on our society's health?
Plastic isn't a chemical. It's a weasel word. Microplastic isn't a thing either.
At least the fucking BPA stuff from last decade was a real chemical. But fucking plastic? There's no chemical called plastic.
Now if you want to study the effects of polyethylene and/or polyurethane, sure. Except Polyurethane is better known as glue and paint so good fucking luck getting that out of our houses.
We moved to polyurethane paints because they were probably healthier than lead based paints btw. Where's the proof that the... Next paint chemical whatever it ends up being... Is safe?
There is no proof. There is never proof. Moving toward "thing that's probably killing us less" is still worth it imo. It's not uncommon for the solution to one problem to be a cause or catalyst for another problem. That doesn't mean we shouldn't try to solve problems.
Both Lead and Asbestos have proof. As does Tobacco.
Literally this meme has two chemicals (lead and asbestos) with huge amounts of studies and proof demonstrating the cancer you get when you hang around it.
When we start talking about iffy as shit / bullshit pseudo science like BPA and Microplastic (whatever the fuck that fake chemical means) we are well into fake science that there will never be proof because y'all can't even list off a chemical name correctly.