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>Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastic less than five mm in size... That's pretty big. >But recent research suggests the smallest pieces are able to cross
by upofadown 5y ago
>Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastic less than five mm in size...
That's pretty big.
>But recent research suggests the smallest pieces are able to cross cell membranes and enter our circulation.
Probably not the 5 mm pieces...
It isn't clear from the article what they actually counted here.
- tromp 5y agoMaybe the author misread 5 micrometer in some source as 5 millimeter, and then added "about the thickness of a two Euro coin." to cement their confusion.
- jmiskovic 5y agoA solid guess. It's not miliplastics after all.
- robertlagrant 5y agoIt's worrying that authors of such material don't think, "wait, that can't be right!" Shock jockery is not very helpful.