Commercial tea bags release microplastics, entering human cells

Re:Commercial tea bags release microplastics, entering human... by dylan604 on Monday December 23, 2024 @11:18AM (#42495488)

> We do know that microplastics may be reducing male fertility.

If we "know" something, would we still be using the word "may"? Know seems pretty strong for such a wishywashy result of "may".

There's definitely research in fertility rates lowering. Phtalates are receiving a lot of attention as well as an example.

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Re:Commercial tea bags release microplastics, entering human... by protonbob on Monday December 23, 2024 @11:23AM (#42495529)

I didn't say that we know that they are reducing male fertility, we know that it's very possible. I could have said it probably does. But I'm not a scientist so I'm not going to.

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Re:Commercial tea bags release microplastics, entering human... by dylan604 on Monday December 23, 2024 @12:06PM (#42495861)

We know it's very possible is a very wishywashy comment though.

Best I can say is that there are theories, but we don't know if they are true or not yet. Some people think they are, some people disagree. That's why they are not facts.

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Re:Commercial tea bags release microplastics, entering human... by pfdietz on Monday December 23, 2024 @02:56PM (#42497130)

It means "we haven't ruled it out yet". And given the difficulty of conclusively demonstrating a negative, that's a very weak claim.

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