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Doc here. It’s hard to prove. You can’t do a double-blind randomized control trial. And we have barely learned to measure these nanoplastics. But there are s
by MVissers 2y ago
Doc here. It’s hard to prove.
You can’t do a double-blind randomized control trial.
And we have barely learned to measure these nanoplastics.
But there are starting to be strong correlations between the plastic occurrence and terrible diseases. Recent data on atherosclerosis + infarcts is horrible.
Recent data on testes production of sperm cells also looks very damning.
In summary, there are a few unexplained things in medicine that might very well be caused by plastics. Eg. More colon cancer in young people in the west. Eg. Declining sperm quality in the last 30 years in the west. Yes, it could be foods, but it doesn’t explain the whole picture. Plastics could be it.
My guess is that a LOT of nasty studies will come out in the next years.
I switched to glass and metal for all my food and water, for as much as I can control it.
- whatshisface 2y agoAnother thing you can do to limit your exposure is to move far away from high-traffic roads. Tire dust is a major factor in exposure.
- PontifexMinimus 2y ago> You can’t do a double-blind randomized control trial. You could on animals.
- tasty_freeze 2y agoYes, and I guarantee the first comment on that future HN article will be: "In mice" and dismiss the study.
- yosito 2y agoAren't microplastics a much bigger problem in Asia than in the West? I would guess that the negative effects of microplastics would show up in Asia first, rather than the West.
- amanaplanacanal 2y agoDepends. They are currently higher in Asia, but I would guess they were higher in the west before the last few decades.
- amanaplanacanal 2y agoWe also don’t have a definitive cause of the obesity epidemic. It wouldn’t surprise me if it turns out to be caused by plastics exposure.