estimates that he can isolate about 10 grams of plastics from a donated human brain; that’s about the weight of an unused crayon.
this post was submitted on 15 Feb 2025
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Pretty sure it's why humanity seems to have lost its fucking mind.
But there is no evidence yet that microplastics directly cause poor health in humans — only data that show a link.
I don’t really care anymore. Nothing I can do about it
Blood donation is the one thing shown to help reduce plastics in your body and it has the side effect of helping others
Is it because they run your blood through a filter while they’re pulling it? Or is it just that the blood we make to replace it is clean?
I’m laughing pretty hard that blood letting is now an actually useful treatment
No they just remove the blood and filter it for others you just get the blood with micro plastics out od you and your bone marrow makes new blood that doesn't have plastic in it.
That makes sense. Good idea
Wont new microplastics enter the blood stream eventually?
Yes. This will be the next science denial 'debate' after climate change (if we live that long)
We do have young and healthy people getting sick with no obvious explanation.
Insulation for my synapses
"I don't believe in microplastics!"
-1/3rd of America in a few years probably