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I'd assume that the plastic used for medical implants is not endocrine disrupting and carcinogenic -- unlike the microplastics which we breathe in every day. My
by hh3k0 5y ago
I'd assume that the plastic used for medical implants is not endocrine disrupting and carcinogenic -- unlike the microplastics which we breathe in every day. My assumption might be wrong, though: Cigarettes were considered to be good for your health / warding off disease until rather recently, after all.
- Tabular-Iceberg 5y agoI wouldn't count on them not being endocrine disruptors or carcinogenic, but they are solid, macroscopic chucks, which limits surface area and thus the amount of diffusion of the nasty chemicals into the rest of the body.