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You can buy microscopes for pretty cheap if you’d like to look for microplastics yourself. But regardless I’m curious what you think happens to the plastic you

by roxolotl 11mo ago

You can buy microscopes for pretty cheap if you’d like to look for microplastics yourself. But regardless I’m curious what you think happens to the plastic you use. Where does the little bit you scrape away go when you cut on a plastic cutting board? What happened to the fluffy fleece jacket that’s no longer fluffy? This stuff doesn’t biodegrade so it’s gotta go somewhere.

userbinator 11mo ago
It's going back where it came from. I really don't give a shit about this new hysterical idiocy.
- pluralmonad 11mo ago
  Where do you think it came from and how does it get back there?
- esseph 11mo ago
  > Detection of microplastics in human tissues and organs: A scoping review > Conclusions > Microplastics are commonly detected in human tissues and organs, with distinct characteristics and entry routes, and variable analytical techniques exist. > In addition, we found that atmospheric inhalation and ingestion through food and water were the likely primary routes of entry of microplastics into human body. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11342020/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11342020/
- Lutger 11mo ago
  So it turns itself back into oil and seeps into the well where it originated from? You know this sounds like putting your hands on your ears shouting 'lalala I can't hear you'? The thing I'm wondering is, if you don't care, why make the effort to comment at all? Clearly you care enough to do so. What are you afraid will happen by merely acknowledging what is the case? Whenever someone presents the finding of facts as hysterical, I'm left wondering who is actually the hysterical one. The microplastic particles in our air aren't hysterical. They are just there. Research revealing they are present isn't hysterical either, nor is research about the consequences. At most, such research is more or less accurate, or distorted. I'm starting to think you are the one who is hysterical in this matter. But for what reason? I can only think of only three: you agree with the dangers but find it so overwhelming that you want to shut it down you fear losing the benefits of plastic and want to undermine any action on the subject you just can't take any kind of panic, regardless of the reasons and to maintain your sanity, you vehemently push away anything that might otherwise makes you feel alarmed
- adammarples 11mo ago
  Due to the inevitable march of entropy, sadly nothing really goes back where it came from. Living things are a beautiful and noteable exception.

userbinator 11mo ago

It's going back where it came from. I really don't give a shit about this new hysterical idiocy.

pluralmonad 11mo ago
Where do you think it came from and how does it get back there?
esseph 11mo ago
> Detection of microplastics in human tissues and organs: A scoping review > Conclusions > Microplastics are commonly detected in human tissues and organs, with distinct characteristics and entry routes, and variable analytical techniques exist. > In addition, we found that atmospheric inhalation and ingestion through food and water were the likely primary routes of entry of microplastics into human body. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11342020/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11342020/
Lutger 11mo ago
So it turns itself back into oil and seeps into the well where it originated from? You know this sounds like putting your hands on your ears shouting 'lalala I can't hear you'? The thing I'm wondering is, if you don't care, why make the effort to comment at all? Clearly you care enough to do so. What are you afraid will happen by merely acknowledging what is the case? Whenever someone presents the finding of facts as hysterical, I'm left wondering who is actually the hysterical one. The microplastic particles in our air aren't hysterical. They are just there. Research revealing they are present isn't hysterical either, nor is research about the consequences. At most, such research is more or less accurate, or distorted. I'm starting to think you are the one who is hysterical in this matter. But for what reason? I can only think of only three: you agree with the dangers but find it so overwhelming that you want to shut it down you fear losing the benefits of plastic and want to undermine any action on the subject you just can't take any kind of panic, regardless of the reasons and to maintain your sanity, you vehemently push away anything that might otherwise makes you feel alarmed
adammarples 11mo ago
Due to the inevitable march of entropy, sadly nothing really goes back where it came from. Living things are a beautiful and noteable exception.