the article talks about how they compared cells in a very nano-plastic concentrated formula and a diluted one, and the concentrated one caused way more cell deaths
plus, it isn't just about cancer, microplastics are known to disrupt your hormones, so the danger is pretty clear
why not just take it seriously instead of calling it "plastic alarmism"? we're polluting the entire world with these particles
Because I need evidence to believe stuff, not just claims. Everything causes cancer according to random scientists out to get published. There was even a front page post recently of a study about most foods having had a research claiming they cause cancer. Correlation is not causation. Be specific. Endocrine disruption claim is the only thing i see in that article not cellular harm. "These things are sneaky" is not good enough. It's like saying bananas are bad because they're radioactive. You can swim in the coolant water of a nuclear reactor and come out just fine. Plastics have been ubiqutous since around the time human life expectancy started skyrocketing. Where is the rise in mortality or cancer rates associated strictly with plastic microwaving people and how exactly is the harm caused?
I do not have to accept lazy science or claims that have alarmism without specific evidence.
This might be legit but it seems no one has learned from climate change, how making a lot of "trust me" claims has the opposite effect. Reasonable presumptions and speculations are not evidence. And if there is evidence, I would like to make this about FDA's incompetence not consumers' negligence.
That sounds disingenuous (the article as referenced). If you put cells in a very oxygen or salt concentrated formula it would also cause way more cell death, yet we would not label oxygen or salt as extremely dangerous.
In fact, using that same experiment compared against oxygen, one can conclude that a slight amount of microplastics is necessary for health!
why does emissions get way more attention than plastics and forever chemicals? that shit scares me way more. At this pace, soon our food and water will not be safe anymore, what's the point of preventing climate change if you won't have water to drink and food to eat?
Because there is an overwhelming global consensus on the impacts and dangers of climate change, and no consensus on the impacts and dangers of plastic and forever chemicals.
If you wealthy you can filter your water and pay for best organic food. However, no amount of money will buy you different atmosphere. And wealthy people sets agenda for governments.
i feel this so much. i didn't know shit about sleep back then, but in retrospective i had such poor sleeping habits and was barely getting 7 hours of sleep at much on most nights for such a long time, it feels terrible to know this now haha.
i'm reading these are used everywhere, pretty much like plastics :(
i really think this problem is out of our hands, i wonder how much time we have until the food and water has so much plastic and forever chemicals that it isn't safe to eat anymore
I've always had a dislike for discussing PRs through Slack because the conversation tends to get lost after the merge. When you revisit the discussion a year later, there is no context available to explain why things were done in a particular way. However, this product effectively addresses this problem. You keep the best of both worlds: fast replies in slack and the conversation stays in Github for later reference.
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