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No. Conventional plastic breaks down, and microplastics are now present in soil, water, air, the food chain, and even human poop. Multiple recent articles abou
by Ultramanoid 8y ago
No. Conventional plastic breaks down, and microplastics are now present in soil, water, air, the food chain, and even human poop.
Multiple recent articles about it in Hacker News.
https://hn.algolia.com/?query=microplastics&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=microplastics&sort=byPopularit...
We literally eat and breathe plastic at this point. With what consequences will have yet to be figured out.