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Re:Microplastic presence in dog and human testis by shironandonon_ on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @12:08PM (#40430311)
it’s everywhere and in everything. banning single use plastics and car tires is placebo because you will still be getting microplastics in meat, vegetables, and water for hundreds of years at this point.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/08/micropla...

there are too many people on this Earth and the population numbers are propped up by our usage of plastics.

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Re:Microplastic presence in dog and human testis by TurkishPoptart on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @12:37PM (#40430674)
>there are too many people on this Earth and the population numbers are propped up by our usage of plastics.

Thomas Malthus or Club of Rome much?

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Re:Microplastic presence in dog and human testis by abeppu on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @01:15PM (#40431164)
We can't use the fact that these will be around for a very long time as a reason to not get rid of them where possible because then we'll continue producing them and the problem will only get worse.
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