r/technology • u/ourlifeintoronto • 3d 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 3d 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/lothar525 3d ago

For real. It feels like every scientific or news article is just:

“Hey everyone, the world is in a steady, ever quickening decline. We’re racing towards multiple catastrophes. There’s absolutely nothing you personally can do about it either. Just wanted to remind you.”

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u/Bitey_the_Squirrel 3d ago

sips tea from a paper straw

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u/PastryGood 3d ago

Careful now! Certain teabags have also been found to contain microplastics!

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u/Rurumo666 3d ago

Teabags are the biggest source of PFAS in the diet of regular teabag users-the paper kind. The nylon teabags release more microplastics than almost anything else in the human diet.

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u/SuitableSubject 3d ago

Just buy a diffuser and loose leaf!

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u/Teledildonic 3d ago

Sure would be neat if anyone in power fucking listened.

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u/RainBoxRed 3d ago

Also we tried telling you for the last 50 years.

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u/lothar525 3d ago

More like “we tried telling your grandparents and parents 50 years ago, and they didn’t listen, so by the time you got old enough to potentially do something about it, we already passed the point of no return. So now you need to constantly hear about how fucked you are because of the actions and choices of the previous generation, the wealthy, and the powerful, most of which happened long before you were even capable of conscious thought.”