The Human Brain May Contain as Much as a Spoon's Worth of Microplastics, New Research Suggests
The Human Brain May Contain as Much as a Spoon's Worth of Microplastics, New Research Suggests
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Ok, 7 grams.
Anythingbutmetric
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My spoon is too big.
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Oh yeah well my anus is bleeding
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Might explain why the world's going crazy.
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It'll probably end up being far more devastating than lead. At this rate of growth, within decades the average adult will accumulate a few % of their body weight in plastic.
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Unfortunately you're more then likely correct. Lead exposure/ingestion is devastating (and so might be plastic ingestion as well)
A few effects (not a exhaustive list)
Behavioral problems, Developmental delays, Brain and nervous system damage, Learning disorders, Loss of self-control, and shortened attention span
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Spoon brained civilization
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Are we talking a coke spoon or more like a ladle here?
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The article says “the weight of a plastic spoon”; odd that they didn’t use a standard unit of measurement.
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Probably a shovel in the next few years, and then wheelbarrow's after that.
Generation's after us, most newborn's will probably be born synthetic right away.
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Full on spoon spoon.
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so waht? a litle plastik never would harmed my mindal health??
but why do i have overwelming urge to aslep in recycling bin??
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Probably half a cup in my testis.
…I wonder if I fell in the water, if that would make me float upside down?
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Just the one? Left or right?
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Left. Lost my right in an elementary school pen-accident.
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I think I'm more plastic than man now. Guess I'll go out into the ocean and choke some sea turtles. I see now that that was always my destiny
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That's all?
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Maybe actually a spoon then.