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> might be better in terms of making sure all born humans get what they need. Might be. Or might not be. Who knows? Let's leave it up to random chance and see

• sprucevoid 3y ago
  Understanding the issue requires evidence and arguments about how good or bad the effects are. The problem is that several commenters here jump to conclusions without evidence. On current projections human world population peaks at 10 billion in 2086 [0]. If, for the sake of argument, microplastics were to lower reproduction somewhat so that "only" 9.5 billion people came to exist in 2086, would that be bad? We're already putting a lot of pressure on many of earth's scarce resources in ways that have harmful effects on the welfare of many existing humans. Increasing population increases that pressure. [0] https://ourworldindata.org/future-population-growth https://ourworldindata.org/future-population-growth