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Re:Microplastics found in the placentas of human fetuses by EinwegPlastik on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @09:07AM (#25506366)
Huh? i assumed we went from lead to copper and not straight to plastic
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Re:Microplastics found in the placentas of human fetuses by nikolay on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @08:12PM (#25524191)
Copper is toxic, too. Don't overeat liver!
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Re:Microplastics found in the placentas of human fetuses by withinboredom on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @09:14AM (#25506424)
Then we'd just complain about an overabundance of minerals in our body.
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Re:Microplastics found in the placentas of human fetuses by kaybe on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @12:38PM (#25508897)
Seeing that humans have a far higher tolerance for copper compared to other animals we can assume that this was indeed at some point in our history a major problem.
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Re:Microplastics found in the placentas of human fetuses by EinwegPlastik on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @11:21AM (#25507832)
In germany we have a ton of copper pipes and there are no copper minerals going into the water as soon as the oxidatinlayer is there.

Its still standard having copper pipes here; we use plastic after the water arrives at the room.

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