Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink water from them on a daily basis ingest far more microplastics than those who don’t.
    • Nalivai@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      That’s the fun thing about all this. Nobody knows. Is it much? Is it nothing? Is it dangerous? There is no people without microplastics in them, there is no way to have the control group for an experiement.
      Everyone kinda suspects it can’t be good, nobody has any fucking idea is it really

      • BanMe@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        We know some of the effects, like endocrine and cellular disruption, which should be damning enough but the media likes to make it sound like microplastics may not be bad, people are being alarmist, etc. Because the media is owned by people who would be negatively affected by a plastic ban. Much like how we know tire and brake dust is a cause of autism, but no one is willing to put that in a headline.

        • village604@adultswim.fanEnglish
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          10 months ago

          The link between tire and brake dust to ASD isn’t a concrete causation yet. The papers do show a correlation, yes, but that isn’t the same as definitive proof of causation.

          For example, areas with higher tire/brake dust will have higher vehicle traffic, so it might be some other pollutant vehicles produce.