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Re:Bioaccumulation of Microplastics in Decedent Human Brains by true_blue on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @09:52PM (#41315973)
The scariest part for me is that there's essentially no escape from microplastics. If it turns out that they're greatly harmful, what can you really do?
Re:Bioaccumulation of Microplastics in Decedent Human Brains by myth_drannon on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @10:38PM (#41316287)
Go live somewhere in Northern Canada
Re:Bioaccumulation of Microplastics in Decedent Human Brains by nick__m on Thursday August 22, 2024 @08:05AM (#41319310)
The artic is already contaminated: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-022-00279-8

Even the Antarctica is starting to see microplastics: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/in-a-first-micropl...

Re:Bioaccumulation of Microplastics in Decedent Human Brains by myth_drannon on Thursday August 22, 2024 @09:25AM (#41320012)
Yes, of course, the whole planet is polluted. But I read that 80% of microplastics pollution comes from tires. If you can get away from the cities, you can almost be free from the majority of pollution.
Re:Bioaccumulation of Microplastics in Decedent Human Brains by bamboozled on Thursday August 22, 2024 @07:23PM (#41325122)
But I just bought a cybertruck for some reason?
Re:Bioaccumulation of Microplastics in Decedent Human Brains by userbinator on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @10:04PM (#41316052)
They're obviously not, or we would've seen the effects by now (around a century of plastics in use.)

Remember when RF was the boogeyman? Paranoia about microwave ovens and cellphones causing cancer and other illnesses?

Re:Bioaccumulation of Microplastics in Decedent Human Brains by s__s on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @10:15PM (#41316145)
Yes but the amount of plastic in use has increased dramatically. Also there’s evidence that the process of recycling plastic is what creates a lot of the problematic microplastics. We only very recently started recycling plastic.
Re:Bioaccumulation of Microplastics in Decedent Human Brains by stevenwoo on Thursday August 22, 2024 @12:28AM (#41316831)
I read somewhere one can donate blood plasma to reduce the levels in your blood (and give it to someone else who presumably has more immediate problems). This does nothing for the stuff in your organs not in blood but it’s something to be proactive.