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grue@lemmy.world āØ15ā© āØhoursā© ago
mustbe3to20signs@feddit.org āØ13ā© āØhoursā© ago
Bad news: Todays needles are coated in PFAS to make punctions more painless.
SuperIce@lemmy.world āØ1ā© āØhourā© ago
Thatās kinda misleading though. Large molecule PFAS are harmless to us (Teflon for example). Itās the small molecule PFAS are dangerous and those arenāt really used for any kind of non-stick surfaces.
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone āØ13ā© āØhoursā© ago
As someone who takes a weekly shot, ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME š
Uuugh I donāt want to switch to daily gel or patches, itās such a pain in the ass.
mustbe3to20signs@feddit.org āØ13ā© āØhoursā© ago
Unfortunately no. Afaik even regular exposition is (for now) considered relatively harmless, with medical professionals bearing the highest risk.
ronigami@lemmy.world āØ5ā© āØhoursā© ago
whose fucking goddamn idea was that
ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world āØ16ā© āØhoursā© ago
Iām removing so much plastic, this will make me healthy sips coke from bottle
anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml āØ16ā© āØhoursā© ago
sips coke from bottle
I prefer to snort it but you do you
PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world āØ16ā© āØhoursā© ago
Cocaine makes me feel like a new man.
The trouble is that he wants a line too!
user224@lemmy.sdf.org āØ13ā© āØhoursā© ago
Could be glass bottle.
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world āØ12ā© āØhoursā© ago
There was an article posted recently about those having a surprising amount of microplastics in them as well. It turns out the production line machinery scratches the bottle cap and microscopic fragments make their way into the drink.
doingthestuff@lemy.lol āØ7ā© āØhoursā© ago
Does ejaculation remove micro plastics? Asking for a friend.
irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com āØ9ā© āØhoursā© ago
Donating my microplastics to people in need.
djsaskdja@reddthat.com āØ15ā© āØhoursā© ago
Wait, would this actually work?
Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de āØ15ā© āØhoursā© ago
Yea it really does
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone āØ13ā© āØhoursā© ago
Some recent study also found that mucilaginous fiber binds with PFAS the same way that it binds with cholesterol to keep the body from absorbing it. PFAS already in your system is believed to be reintroduced to your digestive system through bile excretion, some binds with the fiber and leaves your system, the rest is absorbed.
If you donāt eat a lot of food with mucilage, the main ingredient in Metamucil has mucilaginous fiber, as the name suggests.
The study author in the interview I read emphasized it wasnāt like ātake fiber for a few months and PFAS is all gone,ā she and her husband just incorporated a mucilage supplement into their diets because of how prevalent it is in the environment.
Little8Lost@lemmy.world āØ9ā© āØhoursā© ago
Does this also mean woman after their period have less plastic?
shneancy@lemmy.world āØ14ā© āØhoursā© ago
how do i know how much plastic is in my blood?
MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca āØ7ā© āØhoursā© ago
Only if your exposure in the future is less than in the past. Otherwise it will just go back up again. And considering plastic use is going up, you would have to use air filters and avoid micro plastics as much as possible.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works āØ4ā© āØhoursā© ago
so it works, because in any case there will be less than otherwise would be
vodka@feddit.org āØ12ā© āØhoursā© ago
I does! It also reduced heavy metal levels.
Thankfully the bad type that shouldnāt be your blood, and not the cool type that should be playing on your speakers.
ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net āØ13ā© āØhoursā© ago
Technically, sure, it would reduce the microplastics in your body, but theyāre everywhere in your body, so it wouldnāt be by a significant amount.
rbm4444@lemmy.world āØ5ā© āØhoursā© ago
.A friend used to donate blood when he had sex with a random girl, he said that if he contracted HIV, they would contact him.
Hylactor@sopuli.xyz āØ16ā© āØhoursā© ago
If human blood has plastics at a rate of ~ 1.6 µg/mL and a typical volume of blood donated during a whole blood donation is approximately 470-500 mL youāre looking at a reduction in plastics of a cool .0005 grams per donation. Thatās 1/40th of a grain of rice!
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works āØ16ā© āØhoursā© ago
Donāt think of it like that, think of it as 10% of your total blood plastic!
I wonder if doing plasma instead of whole blood is better or worse. Does microplastic stay behind or go back in?
reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net āØ15ā© āØhoursā© ago
Damn apparently giving plasma might be better according to this small study of aussie firefighters
FireRetardant@lemmy.world āØ16ā© āØhoursā© ago
Thats why i donate 3 times a day
InnerScientist@lemmy.world āØ16ā© āØhoursā© ago
Too inefficient, Iām just going to pump it all out and start again with fresh blood.
yogurtwrong@lemmy.world āØ14ā© āØhoursā© ago
So you gotta do a full flush when you donate. Got it.
TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com āØ12ā© āØhoursā© ago
why would you use absolute values for something measured in such small quantities? show us the percentage that comes out. or the fraction of the grain of rice associated with kidney / liver damage
woelkchen@lemmy.world āØ16ā© āØhoursā© ago
Baby steps
moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com āØ13ā© āØhoursā© ago
whatever it takes
pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de āØ15ā© āØhoursā© ago
And PFAS!
squalless@reddthat.com āØ9ā© āØhoursā© ago
Haarukkateroitin@sopuli.xyz āØ14ā© āØhoursā© ago
So everybody wins?
scarilog@lemmy.world āØ7ā© āØhoursā© ago
Well, not the person in need thatās getting transfusions of blood filled with microplastics.
L1to@lemmy.world āØ4ā© āØhoursā© ago
I mean the person that is taking in the blood has already lost blood and the plastic within as a prerequisite. So, at the end, they should stay within the same amount of blood plastic as before.
HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world āØ2ā© āØhoursā© ago
Iām doing the same, but for PFAS