Thankfully it's not much but I don't think I'll deeply sniff my laundry like they do in detergent commercials anymore lol
Breathing may introduce microplastics to the brain – new study
https://theconversation.com/breathing-may-introduce-microplastics-to-the-brain-new-study-239347
23 Comments
SonicBlue03@sh.itjust.works · 68 pts · 1y
Great. I've been breathing all week.
Spitfire@pawb.social · 10 pts · 1y
Shoot, me too.
Not breathing is hard.
Nfamwap@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Not for long though.
Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y
At this point it's become like the 80s where everything we did was apparently giving us cancer
ThePantser@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y
I use 3d printers, I'm sure half my brain is plastic by now.
burgersc12@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
I watched a video about the fumes coming off of 3D printers (spoilers: it ain't good)
ThePantser@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nofn_MHrxrs
burgersc12@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 1y
Yeah that's the one lol
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Fr tho
Comment105@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y
grey matterpolymatterxploit@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
Oh boy I can finally stop breathing to stay alive!
itsprobablyfine@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y
Good news everyone, article says nose only - just need to commit to full time mouth breathing
disgrunty@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
I don't think this is what the smart people meant when they said neuroplasticity is a good thing...
MisterD@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y
Supposedly we ingest/breath a credit card worth of plastic every week.
YungOnions@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
Yeah, about five grams a week, apparently: https://www.reuters.com/graphics/ENVIRONMENT-PLASTIC/0100B4TF2MQ/
Voltage@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
Where do the plastic go after they are inside us?
ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social · 1 pts · 1y
Everywhere. They are very, very small. Small enough to cross the blood-brain barrier.
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Mostly down the toilet.
MisterD@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
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 pts · 1y
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.
Scubus@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 1y
So thats why everyone is so fat
CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t!
R00bot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Yeah, okay. Great.