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Re:For the Love of God, Stop Microwaving Plastic by graiz on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @12:08AM (#36952174)
It's not just microwaving plastic. Microwaving plastic is particularly bad but people need to understand that this stuff is all over our food chain, not just the packaging either. Wild Salmon, Organic Chicken, and other foods are now showing up because the micro-plastic is in the food chain.

To those saying that the effects of plastic are unknown... False. Do some basic searching for medical studies on this and there are tons papers on the impacts to biology, immunology, endocrine system, reproductive systems, etc.

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Re:For the Love of God, Stop Microwaving Plastic by rieg3c on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @12:10AM (#36952189)
exactly, i don't know how people still say that "effects are unkown" when there's so much evidence
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Re:For the Love of God, Stop Microwaving Plastic by 3LazTjBv-f on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @04:28AM (#36953724)
If there is so much of them maybe link a few, with most significant results? I think general audience is a bit de-sanitized to "X impact on Y" research after drinking coffee was shown to do literally everything, thanks to studies with tiny participants count and widespread p-hacking.

BTW how do you even find control group when micro-plastics are already everywhere?

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Re:For the Love of God, Stop Microwaving Plastic by graiz on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @06:35PM (#36964179)
I avoided linking examples because a skeptic will always find faults in cherry picked examples. I encourage you to read a few studies with an open mind and draw your own conclusion. Many of these studies I've seen do address your concerns around control groups.
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