pleasestopasking@reddthat.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day agoMicroplastics will be the "boomers all have lead poisoning" of millennialsmessage-squaremessage-square122fedilinkarrow-up1485arrow-down111
arrow-up1474arrow-down1message-squareMicroplastics will be the "boomers all have lead poisoning" of millennialspleasestopasking@reddthat.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square122fedilink
minus-squareDefault Username@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·15 hours agoYes, but plastic is a very new invention and a lot less studied than something like Pb or Hg, which are natural elements.
minus-squareMotoAsh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-210 hours agoNatural in no way what so ever should imply more healthy. Especially in the context of lead and mercury. In a similar vein, asbestos is “all natural”, especially compared to fiber glass and foam, but it’s still unhealthy as fuck.
minus-squareDefault Username@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoNot sure where I said natural = better. All I said was natural things are generally more studied because they existed for lot longer.
minus-squareMotoAsh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours agoIt’s existed long enough that serious effects would’ve been obvious by now. Multiple generations have already passed. Multiple. It is already clearly not as serious as lead or mercury regardless of what effects are found.
Yes, but plastic is a very new invention and a lot less studied than something like Pb or Hg, which are natural elements.
Natural in no way what so ever should imply more healthy. Especially in the context of lead and mercury.
In a similar vein, asbestos is “all natural”, especially compared to fiber glass and foam, but it’s still unhealthy as fuck.
Not sure where I said natural = better. All I said was natural things are generally more studied because they existed for lot longer.
It’s existed long enough that serious effects would’ve been obvious by now. Multiple generations have already passed. Multiple. It is already clearly not as serious as lead or mercury regardless of what effects are found.