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Necronmon
04/29/24 6:45:44 PM
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/opinion/microplastics-health-environment.html

I know this was a old article but, its just crazy how we found out how plastics are kind of poisoning so many but the outrage seems so little. Like, its why so many are getting more cancer and all these other problems but it seems like the reaction was just a shrug, ugh.

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Irony
04/29/24 6:47:32 PM
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I mean I don't know what you expect me to do do you want me to just run around screaming?

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Necronmon
04/29/24 6:48:40 PM
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I mean, you think there would be more outrage. Like, it seems like plastics are doing as much harm as smoking in many ways but the push to replace things with plastics seems like a small effort at best.
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thronedfire2
04/29/24 6:48:41 PM
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meh

if microplastics weren't giving us cancer all the chemicals unregulated companies dumped in the drinking water from the industrial revolution until now would

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Whiterun_Guard_
04/29/24 6:48:42 PM
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Irony posted...
I mean I don't know what you expect me to do do you want me to just run around screaming?
yes

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modena
04/29/24 6:49:23 PM
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Yeah, I feel like we are too far gone and will just have to slowly adapt. All I can do about it is to try not to litter myself.

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legendary_zell
04/29/24 7:22:35 PM
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We've completely forgotten the concept of a collective response, we're all just individual consumers now and the only response we can fathom is an individualized cultural one, making conspiracy theories, or doing ineffective consumer boycotts.

We know the corporations are not going to stop if this makes them even a single atom of profit. They're willing to pay the tobacco industry settlement on this in 30 years. We know the government won't help us because they believe in corporate domination, they're bought, and they don't want to stop the gravy train or remind people that they can do stuff.

The only thing we can actually do is the same as for all other problems. Organize and act together to solve our problems.

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ReiRei89
04/29/24 7:27:45 PM
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modena posted...
Yeah, I feel like we are too far gone and will just have to slowly adapt. All I can do about it is to try not to litter myself.


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GeminiDeus
04/29/24 7:29:35 PM
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What could possibly be an alternative to plastic? Most foods and drinks come in plastic containers. Do refillable water bottles also put microplastics into our bodies? Does plastic anything put microplastics into our bodies, or only certain kinds of plastics? I'm asking legitimately because I don't know the answers to any of these questions.

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Ratchetrockon
04/29/24 7:30:32 PM
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I just don't want to think about it. Makes me unhappy

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TMOG
04/29/24 7:32:19 PM
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GeminiDeus posted...
What could possibly be an alternative to plastic? Most foods and drinks come in plastic containers. Do refillable water bottles also put microplastics into our bodies? Does plastic anything put microplastics into our bodies, or only certain kinds of plastics? I'm asking legitimately because I don't know the answers to any of these questions.
For take-out there are plenty of alternatives, including biodegradable materials or plain old paper/cardboard. Refillable water bottles are widely available as stainless steel rather than plastic.
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thronedfire2
04/29/24 7:35:36 PM
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TMOG posted...
For take-out there are plenty of alternatives, including biodegradable materials or plain old paper/cardboard. Refillable water bottles are widely available as stainless steel rather than plastic.

every single paper or cardboard item that is meant to replace plastic is covered in forever chemicals, otherwise they would just fall apart while trying to hold food.

and refillable water bottles are great, until you realize that most people are just filling them with bottled water because less and less people trust tap water every day.

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Necronmon
04/29/24 8:19:54 PM
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I guess what's depressing is that with stuff like this it feels like so much of modern inventions is more toxic to are very lives then you realized. It was one thing when it was just smoking or avoiding heavy polluted areas but now it feels everywhere.
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Jaguar34
04/29/24 8:24:06 PM
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What's most depressing is you posted the article without even an excerpt

I noticed working in warehouses that ready to eat meals play a huge role in microplastic consumption. Not just the food itself but the packaging it comes in
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Tyranthraxus
04/29/24 8:28:57 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/bac9fb89.jpg

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ironman2009
04/29/24 8:30:49 PM
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i just added it to the list of the whole bunch of other shit that is killing me, thanks TC

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DrizztLink
04/29/24 8:33:19 PM
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Imagine you're in a Saw trap, you've got twenty minutes to eat a buffalo or your skeleton will explode or some shit.

If Jigsaw came on the horn and was all "by the way the skeleton bombs are like super carcinogenic, get checked out if you pull this off," I'm gonna be mad but it's not exactly a priority, you feel me?

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streamofthesky
04/29/24 8:36:50 PM
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I want to know what options there are for whole-home filtration systems that actually fucking work for removing PFAS from the water.
Because the most horrifying thing about those chemicals is that direct absorption thru the skin (like when showering) is even worse than drinking water w/ it in it. So you have to filter every fucking drop of water coming into your home system to be safe.

And yeah, gradually more and more % of our digested food in our stomachs will be microplastics. It would be nice if we did shit about it.
They're two different but related (abundance of plastics) problems, and neither gets even 1/10000 of the outrage it should.
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BDSMKane
04/29/24 8:41:06 PM
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These forums largely focus on social or conservative/Republican outrage. Im sure theres a subreddit for outrage about micro plastics.

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Tyranthraxus
04/29/24 8:56:47 PM
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streamofthesky posted...
I want to know what options there are for whole-home filtration systems that actually fucking work for removing PFAS from the water.
Because the most horrifying thing about those chemicals is that direct absorption thru the skin (like when showering) is even worse than drinking water w/ it in it. So you have to filter every fucking drop of water coming into your home system to be safe.

And yeah, gradually more and more % of our digested food in our stomachs will be microplastics. It would be nice if we did shit about it.
They're two different but related (abundance of plastics) problems, and neither gets even 1/10000 of the outrage it should.

There's no way to get rid of it. It's here to stay.

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Necronmon
04/29/24 9:00:20 PM
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There's no way to get rid of it. It's here to stay.

And that's what is most depressing, we are all kind of soft poisoned and are just suppose to wait till we all get cancer or something else from it.
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trappedunderice
04/29/24 9:00:36 PM
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Earth plus plastic, were going to evolve into some kind of plastic flesh hybrid capable of flying and breathing underwater.
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1337toothbrush
04/29/24 9:08:16 PM
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It pisses me off, but what can I do other than reducing the waste I produce? The criminals doing the bulk of the pollution aren't just getting away with it, they're being richly rewarded! As someone who loves seafood, I'm also pissed off at mercury poisoning.

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Link_of_time
04/29/24 9:28:13 PM
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There's pretty much nothing we can do about it. We can reduce some plastic use, but there will still be plenty of things we can't eliminate.
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