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Breathing may introduce microplastics to the brain – new study (theconversation.com)
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Thankfully it's not much but I don't think I'll deeply sniff my laundry like they do in detergent commercials anymore lol

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[–] MisterD@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago (7 children)

Supposedly we ingest/breath a credit card worth of plastic every week.

[–] Voltage@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Where do the plastic go after they are inside us?

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

I like to think your body just uses it to replace some other organic materials. So effectively we're now beings who are like 0.5% made of plastic.

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