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I don't think you understand how bad lead is for neural development. It's far worse than plastic. And with leaded gas, there was no escaping it. At least you ca
by kortex 3y ago
I don't think you understand how bad lead is for neural development. It's far worse than plastic. And with leaded gas, there was no escaping it. At least you can generally live a no-plastic or reduced-plastic lifestyle. We literally dosed an entire generation with aerosolized heavy metals.
- mjhay 3y agoLeaded gas was probably worse, but you can't escape microplastics. They are ubiquitous in all environments now.
- can16358p 3y agoEffects are reversible though. Of course not to defend plastics or anything. It's just relatively less worse than lead.
- berniedurfee 3y agoSo far. But if the majority of microplastics are released as plastic materials decay, this is a very long term problem and we’re just at the start.
- can16358p 3y agoYup. That's definitely a huge problem, that's for sure. I was just comparing as its the relatively "less worse" evil (as lead/heavy metals stay in body forever AFAIK).
- berniedurfee 3y agoI’m not sure that plastics ever really leave the body though. I don’t think our bodies are equipped to break down the polymers. Though maybe using some tremendous UV light inside our bodies would work. Scientists should look into that. Anyway, lead has far more deep rooted utility in the consumer space. Lead was relatively easy to phase out, plastics, not so much.