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[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

I'm ignorant. Have micro plastics been proven to be harmful?

[-] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

At the very least, significantly more microplastics were found in corpses of people who had dementia and the volume has increased between 2016 and 2024.

Correlation vs causation will require more research but it surely can't be harmful begin to reduce exposure where we can as we didn't have microplastics resident in our body for most of human history. I'd hazard an educated guess that accumulating any inorganic material inside your body isn't good for you.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

There are hints about them having carcinogen properties and promoting cerebral disorders (they do cross the blood-brain-barrier). But since human health is complex, not much evidence yet.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Yess, as they accumulate in the body at least.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

How is that proof that they're harmful?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

That's not evidence of anything though.

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