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Thankfully it's not much but I don't think I'll deeply sniff my laundry like they do in detergent commercials anymore lol

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[–] MisterD@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Supposedly we ingest/breath a credit card worth of plastic every week.

[–] YungOnions@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[–] Voltage@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Where do the plastic go after they are inside us?

[–] MisterD@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

They don't know. It's found in sperm and embryos too.

My guess: it's the cause of low sperm count

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

So thats why everyone is so fat

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Mostly down the toilet.

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

I like to think your body just uses it to replace some other organic materials. So effectively we're now beings who are like 0.5% made of plastic.

[–] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 1 points 1 month ago

Everywhere. They are very, very small. Small enough to cross the blood-brain barrier.