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> Those who did were 4.5 times more likely to experience a heart attack, a stroke or death in the approximately 34 months after the surgery than were those whos
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> Those who did were 4.5 times more likely to experience a heart attack, a stroke or death in the approximately 34 months after the surgery than were those whose arteries were plastic-free.
Wow that is huge. I recall reading a thread on here just a few weeks ago where a number of users were tearing down some others for suggesting they were concerned about microplastics, and positing that if there was any negative health effect to microplastics, we’d have already found it.
I would not be surprised to learn more about these negative effects moving forward. But the real question is, will any governments do anything about it.
- soramimo 3y ago+1, I recall reading a thread on this not too long ago. For me, the main, quite unfortunate, take-away was that a lot of the microplastics could actually stem from the filters of reverse osmosis systems. See discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38942293 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38942293
- graeme 3y agoWow. In this same thread I recommended Zero Water, which isn’t reverse osmosis. Does that type of filter avoid the issue?
- Hnrobert42 3y agoI don’t know about Zero Water. I recently purchased a water distiller to make distilled water for my humidifier. I’d read that it wouldn’t taste that good. But I found it tastes fine to me. As a bonus, boiling hard water can eliminate microplastics. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2024/02/28/microplastics-drinking-water/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2024/02/28/...
- svnt 3y agoIt is very possible there is a health concern. It is also very possible, as stated in the very beginning of the article, that this is a socio-economic/lifestyle correlation, and not causative or even involved in the health issues. In other words, people who have no alternatives or through lack of education or other cause make poor health choices suffer the consequences broadly. There are things one can do to rule this out in a study, and these authors have not done them. Perhaps later studies will take that on.