Microplastics found in every human testicle in study
Microplastics found in every human testicle in study
Scientists say discovery may be linked to decades-long decline in sperm counts in men around the world
"Damn, what a coincidence that they only studied people who happened to have it."
(jk of course)
Is this why that door-to-door dick inspector insisted on collecting the sperm sample? Didn't know I was contributing to science. Just thought it was some weird dude's kink
Ummm yeah and we need a follow up.
Can't it be both? We're really saving money with new public management.
Microplastic are really cause for concern
(In a study of ~20 people)
With 23 of 23 samples, that’s a 78-100% 99% confidence interval (using an adjusted Wald method, which is good for small samples), so the sample size isn’t really an issue. The representativeness of the sample might be a concern, but for whatever the sample generalizes to, this is a high rate.
The best part of microplastics is that they were a concern in the fucking 70's and America and the world did fuck-all about it meanwhile the plastic industry lobbied to make sure they couldn't be regulated and the EPA couldn't regulate their trade-secrets.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Microplastics have also recently been discovered in human blood, placentas and breast milk, indicating widespread contamination of people’s bodies.
Vast amounts of plastic waste are dumped in the environment and microplastics have polluted the entire planet, from the summit of Mount Everest to the deepest oceans.
In March, doctors warned of potentially life-threatening effects after finding a substantially raised risk of stroke, heart attack and earlier death in people whose blood vessels were contaminated with microscopic plastics.
The study, published in the journal Toxicological Sciences, involved dissolving the tissue samples and then analysing the plastic that remained.
The human testes had been routinely collected by the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator and were available following a seven-year storage requirement after which the samples are usually discarded.
Recent studies in mice have reported that microplastics reduced sperm count and caused abnormalities and hormone disruptions.
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