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https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-discover-promising-way-filter-104558970.html
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The original was posted on /r/technology by /u/lurker_bee on 2025-06-20 05:10:26+00:00.
People will do EVERYTHING but dealing with the root of the problem.
Is there any actual proven point of filtering out microplastics from the body? We still don’t know if there are any serious health effects from them, there is just this they might be connected to X,Y,Z. Even then the focus really should be environmental purification and water treatment.
We still don’t know if there are any serious health effects from them
That’s no longer entirely true. They can cause inflamation and cancer for example and that’s been proven well beyond “potentially”.
Even then the focus really should be environmental purification and water treatment.
I think both is important. Getting rid of all the microplastics in the environment isn’t possible with current tech and if it ever is it’ll still be an extremely slow process. Plus there are people who are exposed to large doses of microplastics due to their work or the location of their home and for those it could be especially beneficial to get that stuff filtered out.
I believe I read that not only are micro plastics unavoidable, the amount entering the environment produced by any organization is an order of magnitude higher than anything we produce at home.
Especially anything that comes in plastic wrap.
Do you mind pointing out where are those studies?
Yup, we should look after the root issue, too. At the moment this just seems like a vibe treatment for millionaires
The effects that worry me most and are arguably the best studied are those on the human endocrine system. It unarguably interferes with our hormonal system, although it is not yet known to which degree or how it impacts each individual separately. Most likely this will go the way of cigarettes; with the world “knowing” it’s poison but not taking action until the effects can absolutely no longer be ignored. By which time it will be too late for many.
No, it’ll go the way of carbon emissions i.e. the world “knowing” the problem but not taking action. Period. No action, at all, until we’re all dead.
I’m pretty sure other scientists are also looking into that issueas well.
Sure you could filter them out of the blood but don’t they get embedded in regular cells too?
Regular cells die or split regularly. When they die, white blood cells eat them, and they’ll be part of filtering the blood.
Neurons don’t though. There’s still some concerns.
Neurons die and replicate on a longer time frame, something like 7+ years, so I guess it’s just the long game with those ones
Wouldn’t that end up in the bloodstream as cells die?
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 1 day ago
This is expensive and time consuming Because this is not a permanent solution (the patient will get reinundated with microplastics shortly after the procedure), they will need reapplications throughout their whole lives. Thus, this will likely only be available to the ultrarich.
The article does point out that prevention is still the best solution. But the corpos make that hard.
WhirlpoolBrewer@lemmings.world 23 hours ago
There are other ways to lower the amount of plastic in you. If you donate your blood you can measurably lower your pfas levels. Really just removing blood which carries plastic through your whole body will also lower your concentration of plastics. Because plastic is in the water, make sure you drink filtered water. They do make filters that will catch micro plastics and some will advertise it. If you want to keep your levels lower avoid hydrophobic coatings that sit next to food for extended periods of time and definitely don’t heat that food next to a hydrophobic coating. Think microwaving food in a container with coatings that’ll leach into the food. So bags of popcorn should be avoided like the plague, unfortunately.
Source: Veritasium, skip to at least 50:15, but honestly I’d recommend watching the whole thing youtu.be/SC2eSujzrUY.
TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Unfortunately? Popcorn is the least flavorful thing in existence. Just find some other bland edible material and put your toppings on that instead.
toynbee@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
A while ago there was a reddit post about how you don’t need bagged popcorn to pop popcorn. You don’t even need any of them there fancy air poppers. All you need is a glass container and the popcorn itself. And it’s true!
The only part that presented any trouble was finding a safe container with a safe lid - during the process of popping, an individual kernel is super warm, so if it hits a lid that can’t tolerate that it can melt pits into the lid.
Other than that (and making sure you don’t add too much popcorn, that stuff expands like crazy), just dump the kernels into your container, cover it up (don’t forget to vent as appropriate) and then microwave as you would the bagged stuff. Add your seasonings, shake up the container, and enjoy.
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 10 hours ago
If it’s Veritasium, I would just recommend watching. End of sentence. This bloke is amazing.
What’s a “hydrophobic coating” in relation to foods?
I don’t use plastic to heat anything up. I may buy microwavable foods, but then scrape them into a metallic or class container and heat them in the oven (that’s more out of necessity, as I don’t have a microwave oven). And I don’t like popped corn (though I kind of wish I did).
queermunist@lemmy.ml 22 hours ago
I’m pretty sure regular blood letting is actually not great for you either.
count_dongulus@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
It is not expensive, assuming you don’t mind giving someone else your microplastics. In fact, you can get paid about $100 to do it in most places. How? Apharesis is exactly what is performed when donating plasma.
bloup@lemmy.sdf.org 21 hours ago
Once the plasma is collected, I wonder if you can perform dialysis on it at an enormous scale to protect future recipients while still keeping things economical.