this post was submitted on 01 Oct 2023
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[–] [email protected] 140 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (15 children)

Wasn't it also found to be able to pass through the blood-brain barrier?

[–] [email protected] 113 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Correct. Plastic has only existed for 80 years.

[–] [email protected] 110 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Yeah, we've really done a fantastic job fucking the world up in the last century. It's truly incredible that in the blink of an eye, we've managed to doom most of the life that exists on our planet.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

We don't know that microplastics are that harmful yet.

I mean they are, we just don't know it yet.

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