562

Microplastics Found In Human Hearts For First Time, Showing Impact Of Pollution (www.forbes.com)

submitted 10 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

74 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Microplastics Found In Human Hearts For First Time, Showing Impact Of Pollution::A study published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology for found microplastics in the hearts and blood of humans undergoing cardiac surgery.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago

We started mass production of plastic 90 years ago, and we're choking on it. We need to stop all plastic production.

[-] rigatti@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Please take a moment to think of everything in your life that is made of plastic, and then think of what could replace it.

[-] ineedaunion@lemm.ee 12 points 10 months ago

Glass and Aluminum are the ultimate recyclables and yet we are still are based around them It's all about the profits for Corporations and the consumers that buy this trash.

Buy bar soap instead of body wash, etc.

[-] Classy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Love my locally made goat milk soap

[-] ineedaunion@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Need to get me some of that.

[-] ACatNamedBunny@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

I just bought 6 different flowery-scented goat milk soaps and they are heavenly

[-] Classy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

I'm a guy and I love flowery scented body soap. If you smell good nobody cares what the actual scent is lol

[-] a_spooky_specter@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

No they aren't. They typically don't even get recycled unless they're both clean and dry which most people don't do.

[-] ineedaunion@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Let's change that then. They are the best reusables we have and we don't even have a federal system in place for recycling it all. Just trash and consume more cheap plastics.

[-] silly_crotch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

That's mostly true in America, where recycling usually is (like everything else) a for profit initiative.

load more comments (6 replies)

load more comments (31 replies)

this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2023

562 points (97.1% liked)

Technology

55692 readers

3392 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

Follow the lemmy.world rules.
Only tech related content.
Be excellent to each another!
Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
Politics threads may be removed.
No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS