Well that’s absolutely horrifying.
Remember those stupid people in the past, drinking lead-poisoned water? At least we could just stop using lead in pipes when we found out it’s bad for us. Good luck finding anything to ingest without microplastics.
We still have lead pipes in a number of places… its not like we snapped our fingers and all the lead pipes were magically gone.
That’s true. I meant we stopped actively using them when building new houses. Though now that I think about it, even that is maybe not true everywhere. But at least it’s something you could change once you identify the problem. Microplastics have permeated everything, they can be found in the depths of the Mariana Trench. There is no getting rid of them (as far as we know).
Sure there is.
Its just not economically viable (meaning it won’t make anyone more money than not doing it), so its not going to happen anytime soon.
Not trying to be combative, but genuinely curious: What ways are there to remove microplastics from organisms?
I wonder if micro plastics will be our generation’s lead.
Hopefully not as damaging…?
It may be the next 100 generations’ lead.
Doubt it, men will become impotent by then. Testosterone levels are already halved compared to only a few decades ago
