• neo@lemy.lol
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    6 months ago

    10^-3 ug or as they put it in the abstract:

    40.7 (90% CI, 0.8–9.85 × 103) ng/capita for adults until age 70 in the body tissue

    Is basically nothing in terms of mass.
    For a 100g figure you would need the micro plastic of Billions of people (if I’m not mistaken).

    However, I’m not sure if they factored in j balls.

    • jballs@sh.itjust.works
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      6 months ago

      So check my math here.

      • The average Funko Pop is about 120g

      • The average testicle is about 20g

      • Per that article, the average testicle has 330 micrograms per gram of plastic, which means about 0.0066g per ball.

      • You would need 18,182 balls - or the balls of 9,091 dudes - to make a Funko Pop