defunct_punk@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agoYou don't really see people chewing gum anymore.message-squaremessage-square122fedilinkarrow-up1201arrow-down145
arrow-up1156arrow-down1message-squareYou don't really see people chewing gum anymore.defunct_punk@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square122fedilink
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down25·1 year agoWell your bowl of ice cream has carbon in it. Does it matter? No
minus-squareNefara@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·edit-21 year agoYou’d probably mind if your ice cream had lead in it. Microplastics will be the lead poisoning of the new century. They’re carcinogens and endocrine disruptors and we don’t even know the full extent of the effects they have.
minus-squareDarkenLM@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoA good chunk of the atoms in our bodies are carbon, yet we don’t see plastic being naturally created on our bodies, now do we?
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biopolymer
minus-squareDarkenLM@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoFYI, not all polymers are plastics. All plastics are polymers, but it’s not a double equivalence.
Well your bowl of ice cream has carbon in it. Does it matter? No
You’d probably mind if your ice cream had lead in it. Microplastics will be the lead poisoning of the new century. They’re carcinogens and endocrine disruptors and we don’t even know the full extent of the effects they have.
A good chunk of the atoms in our bodies are carbon, yet we don’t see plastic being naturally created on our bodies, now do we?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biopolymer
FYI, not all polymers are plastics. All plastics are polymers, but it’s not a double equivalence.