• Voidance [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    Pretty sure the biggest source of micro plastics is tire rubber, ie it must have been affecting humans for the better part of a century now but no-one can point to any actual effects from it. People haven’t stopped having erections. Obviously it’s not good on a social level but I don’t think it’s anything to especially worry about individually. The media is always happy to scare the shit out of people.

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      Pretty sure the biggest source of micro plastics is tire rubber, ie it must have been affecting humans for the better part of a century now but no-one can point to any actual effects from it.

      You don’t think that there are effects which could grow more severe and more widespread with more of that plastic built up in the environment and our bodies? Sure, there was some of it the better part of a century ago, but we’ve only been adding to that every single day. The amount of plastic in the environment isn’t going down, that’s for sure.

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        Sure. But we are exposed to hundreds of environmental poisons everyday. None of them can hurt you as much as spinning yourself out with anxiety worrying about them.

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          None of them can hurt you as much as spinning yourself out with anxiety worrying about them.

          Actually, several of them can definitely hurt you more than “anxiety” associated with recognizing their danger