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> compares them to a control group Good luck finding a single person on earth (let alone, a group) not exposed to microplastics. The “forever chemicals” were
by xyst 3y ago
> compares them to a control group
Good luck finding a single person on earth (let alone, a group) not exposed to microplastics.
The “forever chemicals” were found in even the most remote areas of the world. Wind, rain, storms, and other natural events carry this junk and spread it all over the world.
There is literally a massive plastic graveyard in the ocean. Plastics turning into micro/nano plastics. Infiltrating food (fish), water, and carried into populations.
- jtrn 3y agoSand is a forever chemical. Almost everything on earth is a forver chemical. And this is exactly what is triggering me. 'X has been found in y'. Yes, but can we please have one single good study that shows what the danger of that is? I think it's time for the microplast research to go beyond 'has been found in' stage.
- redundantly 3y agoYou lost me when you called a mineral a chemical.
- hidelooktropic 3y agoA mineral is a chemical.
- jtrn 3y agoSand is largely composed of silicon dioxide (SiO2), which is a chemical compound. Each grain of sand is a tiny crystal composed of atoms of silicon and oxygen bonded together. These grains are formed by geological processes over long periods. While "sand" is a term for particle size rather than composition, its main constituent, especially in quartz sand, is indeed a chemical substance.
- redundantly 3y agoI expected this kind of reply. By your reasoning we can just call anything chemicals, as all physical matter are a mixture of chemical elements. Words matter. Sand is not a chemical.
- jbd0 3y agoAll matter is made of chemicals.
- redundantly 3y agoYeah. That's what I said.