pleasestopasking@reddthat.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agoMicroplastics will be the "boomers all have lead poisoning" of millennialsmessage-squaremessage-square137linkfedilinkarrow-up1598arrow-down119
arrow-up1579arrow-down1message-squareMicroplastics will be the "boomers all have lead poisoning" of millennialspleasestopasking@reddthat.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square137linkfedilink
minus-squarepleasestopasking@reddthat.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up31arrow-down2·1 year agoWe don’t know about the longer term consequences yet, just like we didn’t about lead. Not saying it’s a definite but I wouldn’t be surprised.
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minus-squareCommanderCloon@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoTo play devil’s advocate, we always knew lead was toxic, but we didn’t know the only healthy dose was 0
minus-squareDefault Username@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoYes, but plastic is a very new invention and a lot less studied than something like Pb or Hg, which are natural elements.
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minus-squareDefault Username@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoNot sure where I said natural = better. All I said was natural things are generally more studied because they existed for lot longer.
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minus-squarechunes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoPlastic has been around for 80 years. Shouldn’t we know something by now
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minus-squareAuli@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year agoBut we know plastic is inert and we knew about lead.
minus-squareMalReynolds@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down6·1 year ago plastic is inert wat? In no way is it inert.
We don’t know about the longer term consequences yet, just like we didn’t about lead.
Not saying it’s a definite but I wouldn’t be surprised.
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To play devil’s advocate, we always knew lead was toxic, but we didn’t know the only healthy dose was 0
Yes, but plastic is a very new invention and a lot less studied than something like Pb or Hg, which are natural elements.
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Not sure where I said natural = better. All I said was natural things are generally more studied because they existed for lot longer.
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Plastic has been around for 80 years. Shouldn’t we know something by now
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But we know plastic is inert and we knew about lead.
wat? In no way is it inert.