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asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago

The Human Brain May Contain as Much as a Spoon's Worth of Microplastics, New Research Suggests

www.smithsonianmag.com

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The Human Brain May Contain as Much as a Spoon's Worth of Microplastics, New Research Suggests

www.smithsonianmag.com

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  • seven_phone@lemmy.world
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    Maybe actually a spoon then.

  • lemmyman@lemmy.world
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    Ok, 7 grams.

    Anythingbutmetric

    • thenextguy@lemmy.world
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      My spoon is too big.

      • lemmyman@lemmy.world
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        Oh yeah well my anus is bleeding

  • NarrativeBear@lemmy.world
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    Might explain why the world’s going crazy.

    • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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      It’ll probably end up being far more devastating than lead. At this rate of growth, within decades the average adult will accumulate a few % of their body weight in plastic.

      • NarrativeBear@lemmy.world
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        Unfortunately you’re more then likely correct. Lead exposure/ingestion is devastating (and so might be plastic ingestion as well)

        A few effects (not a exhaustive list)

        Behavioral problems, Developmental delays, Brain and nervous system damage, Learning disorders, Loss of self-control, and shortened attention span

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          Gotta keep the masses down somehow

    • CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml
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      Spoon brained civilization

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    Are we talking a coke spoon or more like a ladle here?

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      The article says “the weight of a plastic spoon”; odd that they didn’t use a standard unit of measurement.

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      Probably a shovel in the next few years, and then wheelbarrow’s after that.

      Generation’s after us, most newborn’s will probably be born synthetic right away.

    • teamevil@lemmy.world
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      Full on spoon spoon.

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    so waht? a litle plastik never would harmed my mindal health??

    but why do i have overwelming urge to aslep in recycling bin??

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    Probably half a cup in my testis.

    …I wonder if I fell in the water, if that would make me float upside down?

    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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      Just the one? Left or right?

      • MyDogLovesMe@sh.itjust.works
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        Left. Lost my right in an elementary school pen-accident.

  • charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works
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    I think I’m more plastic than man now. Guess I’ll go out into the ocean and choke some sea turtles. I see now that that was always my destiny

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    That’s all?

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