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Assuming there’s a lack of toxic effects because a human has not yet named any is fallacious. Safety is inherently impossible to demonstrate with certainty.
by SomeOldThrow 7y ago
Assuming there’s a lack of toxic effects because a human has not yet named any is fallacious. Safety is inherently impossible to demonstrate with certainty.
- Varriount 7y agoBut they never said that microplastic had "no" toxic effects, just no immediately visible ones.
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- SomeOldThrow 7y agoJust curious, what does “immediately visible” mean?
- Varriount 7y ago> I think people around the world have been ingesting microplastic for 30 years or longer, yet there's no reported case of any direct toxic effects. So I guess microplastic doesn't have immediately effects on health In this case, 30 years? Or, taken in another light, it doesn't have effects that are visible on the time-scale of known substances such as lead, arsenic, mercury, etc. In addition, the parent also stated this: > I won't be surprised if future studies find longterm effects, such as increasing the risk of cancer, damage to the circulatory system or the brain.