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Re:Microplastics Are Blowing in the Wind by pulisse on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @08:55AM (#19673191)
> Any measurements, case studies, or collective data from people suffering from any sort of disease related to plastic pollution?

Plasticizers are endocrine disruptors. Sperms counts have been decreasing world-wide for decades (if you're male, your sperm count is almost certainly significantly lower than your father's), and epidemiologists believe plastics in the environment are the cause.[0]

[0] https://www.gq.com/story/sperm-count-zero

Re:Microplastics Are Blowing in the Wind by geomark on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @10:00AM (#19673660)
Seems like that might solve the problem then. Lower fertility leading to decrease in population and less pollution. Only being slightly sarcastic.