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Human brain samples contain an entire spoon’s worth of nanoplastics, study says (www.cnn.com)

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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] 33 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

ok seriously how the fuck do we avoid cancer and shit from this

are we just fucked

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The article recommends reducing single use plastics, and especially trying to avoid plastic around food (using glass for leftovers, not heating up food with plastic wrap on it, etc). Diet is the main source for these plastics.

We are still fucked though.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

give me some of that east german glass that doesn't break, otherwise i'll take the nanoplastics over having to clean up glass as often as i'd drop a container

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

I've got some glass containers that have survived a drop but I wouldn't want to test them lol.