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"Following 257 patients for 34 months, the researchers found nearly 60 percent of them had measurable amounts of polyethylene in plaques pulled from their fat-t
by downrightmike 3y ago
"Following 257 patients for 34 months, the researchers found nearly 60 percent of them had measurable amounts of polyethylene in plaques pulled from their fat-thickened arteries, and 12 percent also had polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in extracted fat deposits.
PVC comes in both rigid and flexible forms, and is used to make water pipes, plastic bottles, flooring, and packaging. Polyethylene is the most commonly produced plastic, used for plastic bags, films, and bottles, too."
- cperciva 3y agomeasurable amounts Note however that chemists have gotten incredibly good at detecting tiny amounts of things, so an amount being "measurable" in no way implies that it is clinically significant.
- I_Am_Nous 3y agoPVC is also used in IV bags so I wonder how much of the contamination might have come from someone's surgical drip compared to them drinking from deteriorating water pipes at home.
- downrightmike 3y agoThe phenomenon of bad taste or smell is explained by the mechanism of volatile substances, released from saline when injected into the bloodstream and then eliminated by the respiratory system and thus detected by the patients in the air expired by the olfactory system. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2806387/#:~:text=The%20phenomenon%20of%20bad%20taste,expired%20by%20the%20olfactory%20system https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2806387/#:~:tex....
- I_Am_Nous 3y agoThe only time I experienced this is when I donated blood with an Alyx machine because it centrifuges the blood to separate the red blood cells to donate a double unit of RBC for trauma victims. It gives you back your plasma with some anticlotting agent and you taste/smell/feel it in your breath lol