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“The concentrations we saw in the brain tissue of normal individuals, who had an average age of around 45 or 50 years old, were 4,800 micrograms per gram, or 0.48% by weight,” Campen said.

That’s the equivalent of an entire standard plastic spoon, Campen said.

“Compared to autopsy brain samples from 2016, that’s about 50% higher”

An entire spoon's worth of plastic in ol' wrinkly. That doesn't seem good.

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[-] [email protected] 82 points 3 months ago

i was told life in plastic was supposed to be fantastic

[-] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Life in plastic, it's fantastic. Plastic in life, it's... blithe?

I am not good at this, I have a spoon in my brain.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

there is no spoon

so the plastic tells me

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