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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reddig33@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Millennials? More like GenX. We’ve been eating out of microwaved tupperware since the sixties.
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 1 month ago
So have the millennials who were breast fed.
piecat@lemmy.world 1 month ago
And formula fed
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Mmmm, tasty math.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The worst part: postpartum women have lower levels of microplastics than other adults.
dickalan@lemmy.world 1 month 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
silasmariner@programming.dev 1 month 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
Headofthebored@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I was reading somewhere you can lower the level of PFAS in your blood by donating it.