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Yeah. Major sources of everyday microplastics are: 1. Washing synthetic clothes in the washing machine 2. Normal wear and tear of tires This made me go from be
by air7 6y ago
Yeah. Major sources of everyday microplastics are:
1. Washing synthetic clothes in the washing machine
2. Normal wear and tear of tires
This made me go from being very alarmed to the realization that if these things causes major harm, we would have undoubtedly known about it by now
- beowulfey 6y agoGenerally foreign contaminants introduce chronic immune responses. A rise in autoimmune disorders could potentially be a result. Or perhaps a single particle has a small chance of inducing cancer in a cell that endocytically engulfs it. In a situation like these the effects of low numbers will be small and hard to attribute to the source but that doesn’t mean it won’t continue to make it much worse for us.