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Re:Microplastics found in live human lung tissue by tsol on Friday April 08, 2022 @01:21AM (#30953584)
And male birth defects doubling? I don't see how that can be the result of better testing, that seems to point to something bigger
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Re:Microplastics found in live human lung tissue by kspacewalk2 on Friday April 08, 2022 @10:25AM (#30957176)
Risk of birth defects increases a lot with age of both parents. The number (and percentage) of advanced age pregnancies (I think it's defined as >35) has increased over that time[1].

This confounder is virtually guaranteed to account for a lot of that doubling. How much? No idea. Back to my overarching point.

[1] https://evidencebasedbirth.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Fi...

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