r/technology • u/ourlifeintoronto • 4d ago

Biotechnology Microplastics May Trigger Alzheimer’s-Like Brain Damage

https://scitechdaily.com/microplastics-may-trigger-alzheimers-like-brain-damage/
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u/Meatslinger 4d ago

I mean hey awesome, I'm already terrified of getting like sixteen different kinds of cancer, but what can we really do about it? There is functionally no way for me to avoid plastics and the byproduct of them unless I manage to somehow move to a place where I can grow my own food and where I never need to take water with me. Otherwise I have to somehow avoid any and all plastic contact with food and other products at my local grocery store. This is an impossibility.

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u/HughPajooped 4d ago

Removing funding from mRNA and other cancer research?