The Human Brain May Contain as Much as a Spoon's Worth of Microplastics, New Research Suggests
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-human-brain-may-contain-as-much-as-a-spoons-worth-of-microplastics-new-research-suggests-180985995/
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seven_phone@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y
Maybe actually a spoon then.
lemmyman@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y
Ok, 7 grams.
Anythingbutmetric
thenextguy@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
My spoon is too big.
lemmyman@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Oh yeah well my anus is bleeding
NarrativeBear@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
Might explain why the world's going crazy.
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
It'll probably end up being far more devastating than lead. At this rate of growth, within decades the average adult will accumulate a few % of their body weight in plastic.
NarrativeBear@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Unfortunately you're more then likely correct. Lead exposure/ingestion is devastating (and so might be plastic ingestion as well)
A few effects (not a exhaustive list)
Behavioral problems, Developmental delays, Brain and nervous system damage, Learning disorders, Loss of self-control, and shortened attention span
fluxion@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Gotta keep the masses down somehow
CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
Spoon brained civilization
ccunning@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
Are we talking a coke spoon or more like a ladle here?
DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 1y
The article says “the weight of a plastic spoon”; odd that they didn’t use a standard unit of measurement.
NarrativeBear@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Probably a shovel in the next few years, and then wheelbarrow's after that.
Generation's after us, most newborn's will probably be born synthetic right away.
teamevil@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
58008@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
so waht? a litle plastik never would harmed my mindal health??
but why do i have overwelming urge to aslep in recycling bin??
MyDogLovesMe@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y
Probably half a cup in my testis.
…I wonder if I fell in the water, if that would make me float upside down?
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Just the one? Left or right?
MyDogLovesMe@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Left. Lost my right in an elementary school pen-accident.
charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
I think I'm more plastic than man now. Guess I'll go out into the ocean and choke some sea turtles. I see now that that was always my destiny
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 1y
That's all?