News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Human Brain May Contain as Much as a Spoon's Worth of Microplastics. Parent comment

Re:Human Brain May Contain as Much as a Spoon's Worth of Mic... by itishappy on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @09:29PM (#42958294)
> The risk does seem fairly mitigated, most of us will make it through today fine.

This is an incorrect usage of the word "mitigate." To mitigate means to lessen the risk. Mitigation requires action.

I suspect you mean that the risks are "overstated."

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Human Brain May Contain as Much as a Spoon's Worth of Mic... by roenxi on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @09:49PM (#42958422)
I barely think the risks have been stated at all. They found a correlation between high levels of microplastics in the brain and dementia. There is a correlation between a bunch of things and dementia. I expect there is a correlation between good health and dementia, unhealthy people would tend to die off young without the time to fall apart mentally.
[ Parent | on HN ]