Dead sperm whale found in Indonesia had ingested '6kg of plastic'

Re:Dead sperm whale found in Indonesia had ingested '6kg of ... by thrower123 on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @11:13AM (#18494931)

There is a laxative product that is commonly prescribed to childhood cancer patients that is just polyethylene glycol. You take about a teaspoon of plastic micropellets and stir them up in a glass of water and drink it.

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Re:Dead sperm whale found in Indonesia had ingested '6kg of ... by notahacker on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @11:39AM (#18495183)

I think we'd be a bit more disturbed if teenagers accidentally ingested the teaspoon full of plastic whilst going about their daily lives and eating their regular diet, especially if the plastic wasn't designed in a way which made it easily pass through the gut.

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Re:Dead sperm whale found in Indonesia had ingested '6kg of ... by dEnigma on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @11:32AM (#18495107)

The PEG used for medicine has very short chain lengths, and I would be surprised if it isn't liquid or water-soluble, and not taken in the form of actual micropellets.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyethylene_glycol

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