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Children are now born with plastic in their veins so we'll know soon enough what happens to these children based on their health outcomes.
by haltist 3y ago
Children are now born with plastic in their veins so we'll know soon enough what happens to these children based on their health outcomes.
- thereddaikon 3y agoWe've had mass use plastic for decades. Baby boomers were likely born with plastic in their veins. I certainly was.
- haltist 3y agoYou have a blood sample analysis indicating that's the case?
- thereddaikon 3y agoNo but that's a silly standard. I can't go back in time and blood test my infant self. We have microplastics everywhere because of their widespread use. That's been occurring for a few generations now. There is no rational reason to think that we only accumulated them when we first noticed them. No the rational explanation is its been that way as long as we've been mass exposing ourselves to plastics which is right around the end of the second world war. And if car tires are as big of a contributor as some studies indicate then its been even longer because vulcanized rubber is a prewar invention.
- haltist 3y agoThen there is nothing to worry about because everything since WW2 has been fine as far as cognition and general health is concerned. Although, IQs and sperm quality have been declining for a while now but it's probably unrelated to all the plastic pollution.
- thereddaikon 3y agoI think there likely is little cause for concern. Is it contributing to poor health? Maybe but if it is then its a small contribution. There are much bigger issues like poor diet and lifestyle. HFCS for example was easy to link to poor health and it should probably be outlawed.
- haltist 3y agoIt's a good thing most foods now have sugar substitutes like splenda and you can request sugar substitutes in your coffee as well. HFCS is a non-issue.