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Microplastics really are the new shit magnet of science papers. You get nice news headlines with no tangible issues to health are found and it's easy to just p
by notTooFarGone 2y ago
Microplastics really are the new shit magnet of science papers.
You get nice news headlines with no tangible issues to health are found and it's easy to just prove a bunch of microplastics in all the things.
If I wanted an easy PhD I'd likely do the same due to how shitty academic hustle is in today's world...
- Mo3 2y agoNot only of science papers, I recently bought new shampoo and it has a "0% microplastics" label, on its plastic bottle.. it's milking people's emotions for money, like usual
- odyssey7 2y ago“No tangible issues to health” … not too long ago members of the tobacco industry were claiming about the same thing. The White House, taking microplastics seriously: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Mobilizing-Federal-Action-on-Plastic-Pollution-Progress-Principles-and-Priorities-July-2024.pdf https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Mobili...
- notTooFarGone 2y agoDo they do that because it's popular or because there is scientific consensus?
- odyssey7 2y agoWe live in a democracy, so ideally both. The White House pdf suggests a scientific consensus of some form, stating: “Researchers are sounding alarm bells over the growing presence of microplastics in the human body, and are concerned that the ingestion of microplastics and exposure to plastic-related pollution are posing a growing risk to public health.”
- rglynn 2y agoHopefully because it has predictive power. Scientific consensus is a proxy for that, but lets not mistake the proxy for the actual thing.