USA Research Found Microplastics In All Humans

[pvp]

Boomers: lead
Gen X: asbestos
Millenials: microplastics

[Ulysses_S_Grant_]

Cough cough
BRING BACK GLASS BOTTLES IN SHOPS

[Rodero]

With how much pollution we make i am not surprised, like it's in almost every sector.

[alahiri]

1950: Humans are 70% water.
2050: Humans are 70% plastic.

[mikailfournea]

Welp. I didn't feel like living into my 70s anyway

[DefaultFlame]

I expect most microplastics actually get in your body from food. Something small eats it, gets it in its body, something larger eats it, something larger eats that, and eventually it ends up on your plate, all concentrated for you. Like heavy metals.

Note: This is a guess on my part. I'm no expert on microplastics in the food chain.

[blossomflake]

Me watching this while drinking water in a plastic bottle - eh?! 👁️👄👁️

[joshuaprivett]

When I was a lab tech, one of my coworkers was an undergrad assisting on a research project where they discovered microplastics in dust particles. He basically said they were on every surface. This was 2012.

[B.o.o.L]

Just when I thought things couldn’t get any worse, they destroy WATER BOTTLES for me

[whyamiwallyy]

my science teacher has been telling us this for months now, and nobody in my class seemed to rlly believe it or just didn’t care much 😬

[vIcToRiA-jnmv]

I've actually done some research on this, just offering my perspective here (ofc everyone is entitled to their own). The majority of microplastics come from tire dust, which means if you stop using plastic water bottles it does not help that much. Another huge part is single-use food packaging transmitting it onto the food and the microplastics within the food itself. Additionally, microplastics have not been conclusively proven to have negative effects on the human body. Clogging your blood vessels would require an immense amount, far beyond what we are ingesting. Don't get too scared!

[keidkirk]

That's why water "expires". The microplastics are getting in the water if it is in a plastic bottle

[SpeedyOwl]

Ha. The effects disturbed me greatly. The main microplastic found in everyone's blood over here is the Teflon non stick material found on pans. If you don't use wooden utensils and it gets scraped even once, your washing water and every meal you cook will likely become contaminated. I switched to just metal pots after that study came out.

[TanvirMhamud]

USA: good boy!!
Me : mommy help me 😭!!

[spuddog]

Why am I not surprised or shocked! This is a problem that governments around the world could have and should have sorted out years ago. But it would have cut profits for a lot of companies, and of course we can't have that.

[zallyboii]

Some people have more, I think.
*Cough* Kim Kardashian *Cough*

[degleon]

I did some research on micro plastics awhile ago and found them in the air and water. It's really unavoidable at this point

[tanushabansal]

Feeling pretty glad to have a system of steel glasses in my house rn

[abhishekkanoje]

I think you and that Korean guy in YouTube gives me news faster and better than my news channel

[ajay.]

It is almost impossible to avoid plastic nowadays.