Comment on Microplastics will be the "boomers all have lead poisoning" of millennials

reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So have the millennials who were breast fed.

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  • piecat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And formula fed

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    • wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Mmmm, tasty math.

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  • idiomaddict@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The worst part: postpartum women have lower levels of microplastics than other adults.

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    • dickalan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So you’re saying the baby took some of the plastic out of them, that’s horribly depressing at least they got 10 to 15 point IQ boost in return

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      • silasmariner@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Might be that. Although your body goes into absolute overdrive during pregnancy, and it’s not beyond the realms of possibility that some of the immune system reactions that kick in manage to eject some level of plastic microparticulates

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    • Headofthebored@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I was reading somewhere you can lower the level of PFAS in your blood by donating it.

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• WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It looks like the cumulative total of plastics produced by the 80’s was around 2-3 trillion tons, whereas now it’s probably more like 20-30T.

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