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The very ubiquity of microplastics coupled with the lack of definitive harm is pretty strongly suggestive that they are pretty innocuous as far as chemicals go.
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 2y ago
The very ubiquity of microplastics coupled with the lack of definitive harm is pretty strongly suggestive that they are pretty innocuous as far as chemicals go.
- legitster 2y agoSomething that doesn't get talked about very much - the exponential improvement in scientific equipment in the last few decades has vastly improved our ability to detect incredibly trace elements.
- nope1000 2y agoThe harm is hard to assess without a control group.
- Ferret7446 2y agoIf the harm is hard to assess, is it worth caring about? At some point the effect becomes insignificant.
- llamaimperative 2y agoHard to detect absolutely does not mean insignificant. It was hard to detect population-scale lead poisoning too.
- specialist 2y agoHard to discern. But you already knew that.
- llamaimperative 2y agoSure, just like lead.