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Umbongo
05/22/24 12:01:13 PM
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https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/21/health/microplastics-testicles-study-wellness/index.html

Human testicles contain microplastics and nanoplastics at levels three times higher than animal testes and human placentas, a new small study found.

They look like little shards, tiny broken bits from very, very old plastics, said Campen, a regents professor of pharmaceutical sciences at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.

The levels of microplastic shards and types of plastics in human testes were three times greater than those found in dogs, and the dogs are eating off the floor, Campen said. So it really puts in perspective of what were putting in our own bodies.


That's it. I'm switching to eating dog food from now on.

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kingdrake2
05/22/24 12:02:21 PM
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Umbongo posted...
I'm switching to eating dog food from now on.


we're all going to feast on alpo.

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Xatrion
05/22/24 12:10:56 PM
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Stop dragging your nuts on stuff.

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HANGtheDJ_86
05/22/24 12:13:21 PM
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My Dad makes plastic. My Dad help created to create these testicles.

I've finally come full circle.

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DDP886
05/22/24 12:14:58 PM
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Ive been drinking bottled plastic drinks since the early 90s so at this point there is kinda no getting away from it. Im gonna try to change over to the brita water filtration system soon to cut down on bottles

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JuanCarlos1
05/22/24 12:15:34 PM
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Do we know whats the biggest source of this?

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WingsOfGood
05/22/24 12:23:29 PM
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Guess our chuldren will be more adaptable to plastic implants for thr Cyberpunk future.
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Umbongo
05/22/24 12:23:36 PM
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JuanCarlos1 posted...
Do we know whats the biggest source of this?

Whatever you do, don't Google image search.

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Voidgolem
05/22/24 12:24:06 PM
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Not like worrying about it will improve things

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Euripides
05/22/24 12:25:56 PM
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The plastic will be broken down by the pee that I store in my balls

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ProfessorKukui
05/22/24 12:55:23 PM
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Once I get enough plastic stored in the balls, I'll start my own 3D printing business.

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kingdrake2
05/22/24 6:13:14 PM
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Voidgolem posted...
worrying about it will improve things


it's some good advice. we're all going to start worrying about it now.

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Irony
05/22/24 6:14:41 PM
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Is it confirmed that deeding gets rid of it?

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kingdrake2
05/22/24 6:15:57 PM
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Irony posted...
Is it confirmed that deeding gets rid of it?


it's supposed to help against prostate cancer but doesn't rid of it.

conservatives don't like it, increases the risk of prostate cancer.

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Umbongo
05/22/24 7:57:07 PM
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ProfessorKukui posted...
Once I get enough plastic stored in the balls, I'll start my own 3D printing business.

Silly String 'bout to go out of business.

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sabin017
05/22/24 8:00:01 PM
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Yea drinking from bottles and other plastic dispensers all the time will mess you up.

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shironinja
05/22/24 8:02:39 PM
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there are like 8,111,000,000+ humans (https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/) so I don't plan to make any babies personally.

I think we've done more than enough.

Accordingly I welcome all the microplastics in my balls.

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ablegator
05/22/24 8:03:44 PM
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Yarrr

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CADE_FOSTER
05/22/24 8:06:19 PM
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bottled water i bet
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shironinja
05/22/24 8:06:21 PM
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sabin017 posted...
Yea drinking from bottles and other plastic dispensers all the time will mess you up.

There's just microplastics in everything, dude. Everyone has an increasing amount in them year over year:

A new study by researchers with the nonprofit Ocean Conservancy and the University of Toronto found microplastics tiny particles ranging from one micrometer (one thousandth of a millimeter) to half a centimeter in size in nearly 90 percent of protein food samples tested.

source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2024/01/12/microplastics-fish-chicken-tofu-protein/

It's not going away and even if we stopped using car tires and all other forms of microplastics today it would still be present in the ecosystem for hundreds (likely over 1,000) years.

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shironinja
05/22/24 8:07:36 PM
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Car tires are one of the worst contributors. It gets into water and farmland.

https://microplastics.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s43591-021-00008-w

Think about that on your next road trip.

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LeoRavus
05/22/24 8:09:38 PM
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As long as it's food grade plastic idgaf

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shironinja
05/22/24 8:10:38 PM
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Irony posted...
Is it confirmed that deeding gets rid of it?

That clears the prostate temporarily .. but there are microplastics in your muscles, in your blood.. in your brain.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9775992/

It's going to have major consequences eventually and we are just starting to become aware.

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Jiek_Fafn
05/22/24 8:13:46 PM
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This is great news. It creates a protective layer around them. Now I can walk the streets and no longer fret about taking a stray football to the groin.

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Cuticrusader09
05/22/24 8:16:47 PM
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JuanCarlos1 posted...
Do we know whats the biggest source of this?

Your clothes that are made of synthetic fabrics.
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MrMolinaro
05/22/24 8:24:16 PM
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Only worried about plastic that came from action figures. If the Thundercats fight the Deceptacons, my balls wont survive.
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thronedfire2
05/22/24 8:27:20 PM
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JuanCarlos1 posted...
Do we know whats the biggest source of this?

every source of plastic

it all breaks down, eventually. it's just not biodegradable, because no biological entity actually uses it for anything. even regular old garbage and food refuse is at least used by bacteria, which are used by other things, to create more life, etc etc

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1337toothbrush
05/22/24 8:56:21 PM
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How long before grifters start selling dog food, claiming it will reduce microplastics in your balls and boost sperm counts?

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BlueKat
05/22/24 9:45:36 PM
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thronedfire2 posted...
every source of plastic

it all breaks down, eventually. it's just not biodegradable, because no biological entity actually uses it for anything. even regular old garbage and food refuse is at least used by bacteria, which are used by other things, to create more life, etc etc
https://new.nsf.gov/news/genetically-modified-bacteria-break-down-plastics
https://www.acs.org/pressroom/presspacs/2023/november/plastic-eating-bacteria-turn-waste-into-useful-starting-materials-for-other-products.html
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/28/plastic-eating-bacteria-enzyme-recycling-waste
https://letstalkscience.ca/educational-resources/backgrounders/plastic-eating-bacteria-natures-recyclers

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LeCh0nk
05/22/24 9:51:03 PM
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Eh, it's just the next step in human evolution.

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shironinja
05/23/24 1:59:09 AM
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LeCh0nk posted...
Eh, it's just the next step in human evolution.

this is the plastic talking. It's like toxoplasmosis but a symbiotic plastic lifeform that has been using us to achieve a higher plane of existence.

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LeCh0nk
05/23/24 7:04:55 AM
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shironinja posted...
this is the plastic talking. It's like toxoplasmosis but a symbiotic plastic lifeform that has been using us to achieve a higher plane of existence.
He knows too much, get in contact with our allies at Boeing

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The_Korey
05/23/24 8:06:11 AM
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I'd be koncerned about it if I planned to have kids. I do not. And even if this is still a path to testicular kancer or something, I'll still be surprised if something else doesn't get me first.

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kingdrake2
05/23/24 8:08:16 AM
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LeCh0nk posted...
He knows too much, get in contact with our allies at Boeing


i don't know anything :(.

*get him to talk... through the powers of.... "persuasion".

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