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Could microplastics be eroding empathy in human brains? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It's not a crazier idea than most of Kennedy's. Someone should do a study. Or make one up, nobody checks anymore.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don’t think microplastics are having that effect.

It could just as likely be the decrease in airborne Lead following the removal of Lead Paint and TetraEthyl Lead in Petrol has caused people to be much more aggressive.

They still have the brain damage from growing up breathing in heavy metals, but no longer have the soporific effect of heavy metals.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Oh now that's a theory to conjure with!