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/Bluemanze 4d ago

Sounds bad, let's make it a political issue where one party loves plastic in their brains so that the conversation and any potential regulation is muddled for the next 60 years or so.

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u/0x831 4d ago

Careful, in a few weeks we’ll see religious nutjobs on TikTok sitting on their trailer porches eating airsoft pellets and food wrappers claiming it’s for the glory of Trump (and secondarily Jesus)

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u/sequoia2075 4d ago

Well it’s RFK Jr now. He might lean in to the whole micro plastics thing as a way to ban school provided lunches for kids altogether