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Re:How to fight microplastic pollution with magnets by chana_masala on Sunday August 29, 2021 @11:48PM (#28352644)
Yes, as one example: disrupts hormones in many animals - including fish and humans.
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Re:How to fight microplastic pollution with magnets by jazzyjackson on Monday August 30, 2021 @01:03AM (#28352940)
just to back you up with one citation: "Microplastics Cause Endocrine Disruption and Respiratory Damage in Fish"

https://www.technologynetworks.com/immunology/news/microplas...

Chronic Microfiber Exposure in Adult Japanese Medaka (Oryzias latipes). Lingling Hu, Melissa Chernick, Anna M. Lewis, P. Lee Ferguson and David E. Hinton. PLoS ONE, March 9, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229962.

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Re:How to fight microplastic pollution with magnets by eurasiantiger on Monday August 30, 2021 @01:13AM (#28352972)
There is an entire society devoted to researching this area.

https://www.endocrine.org/topics/edc/what-edcs-are

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