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Re:Microplastics Detected in the Marine Air from Norway to t... by saberience on Friday August 18, 2023 @06:00AM (#37173492)
Single molecules of plastic getting involved in the process of rna transcription in cells resulting in genetic mutations or cancers.
Re:Microplastics Detected in the Marine Air from Norway to t... by BitsOfBeard on Friday August 18, 2023 @07:45AM (#37174367)
That's the spot!
Re:Microplastics Detected in the Marine Air from Norway to t... by renewiltord on Friday August 18, 2023 @11:41AM (#37177185)
Would a single molecule causing a single cancerous cell be sufficient to trigger a cancer?

EDIT: Should have searched. https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/what-is-cancer...

It checks out that a single unchecked self-reproducing cell could rapidly create a lot of them. I just thought there'd be control mechanisms to cause other cells to attack them.

But it is realistic apparently! Welp!

Re:Microplastics Detected in the Marine Air from Norway to t... by userbinator on Friday August 18, 2023 @04:50PM (#37181928)
Of course there are control mechanisms. The question is whether plastics are more or less carcinogenic than everything else we deliberately consume. All signs so far suggest less, far less.
Re:Microplastics Detected in the Marine Air from Norway to t... by renewiltord on Friday August 18, 2023 @04:55PM (#37181986)
Sure, sure. I was only interested in the no-minimum-threshold model and what were the causative things there. As always, I should have asked ChatGPT since it had a pretty good explanation.