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[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 139 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (15 children)

Wasn't it also found to be able to pass through the blood-brain barrier?

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 112 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Correct. Plastic has only existed for 80 years.

[–] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 108 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Yeah, we've really done a fantastic job fucking the world up in the last century. It's truly incredible that in the blink of an eye, we've managed to doom most of the life that exists on our planet.

[–] SkinnyTimmy@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

We don't know that microplastics are that harmful yet.

I mean they are, we just don't know it yet.

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