haltist (u/haltist) - Readit News

Deleted Comment

Dead Comment

haltist commented on Study Finds Microplastics in Nearly 90% of Proteins Sampled oceanconservancy.org/news... · Posted by u/haltist

tsol · 2 years ago

I imagine the enormous metal structures we put up are the longest standing evidence, simply because metal is normally found unrefined in earth's crust

haltist · 2 years ago

Metal corrodes. Ever seen an old car sitting in the sun and rain for a long time? It turns to rust and then disappears.

Deleted Comment

Dead Comment

haltist commented on Study Finds Microplastics in Nearly 90% of Proteins Sampled oceanconservancy.org/news... · Posted by u/haltist

thereddaikon · 2 years ago

I think there likely is little cause for concern. Is it contributing to poor health? Maybe but if it is then its a small contribution. There are much bigger issues like poor diet and lifestyle. HFCS for example was easy to link to poor health and it should probably be outlawed.

haltist · 2 years ago

It's a good thing most foods now have sugar substitutes like splenda and you can request sugar substitutes in your coffee as well. HFCS is a non-issue.

haltist commented on Study Finds Microplastics in Nearly 90% of Proteins Sampled oceanconservancy.org/news... · Posted by u/haltist

thereddaikon · 2 years ago

No but that's a silly standard. I can't go back in time and blood test my infant self. We have microplastics everywhere because of their widespread use. That's been occurring for a few generations now. There is no rational reason to think that we only accumulated them when we first noticed them. No the rational explanation is its been that way as long as we've been mass exposing ourselves to plastics which is right around the end of the second world war. And if car tires are as big of a contributor as some studies indicate then its been even longer because vulcanized rubber is a prewar invention.

haltist · 2 years ago

Then there is nothing to worry about because everything since WW2 has been fine as far as cognition and general health is concerned. Although, IQs and sperm quality have been declining for a while now but it's probably unrelated to all the plastic pollution.

Dead Comment

haltist commented on Study Finds Microplastics in Nearly 90% of Proteins Sampled oceanconservancy.org/news... · Posted by u/haltist

thereddaikon · 2 years ago

We've had mass use plastic for decades. Baby boomers were likely born with plastic in their veins. I certainly was.

haltist · 2 years ago

You have a blood sample analysis indicating that's the case?

haltist commented on Study Finds Microplastics in Nearly 90% of Proteins Sampled oceanconservancy.org/news... · Posted by u/haltist

thereddaikon · 2 years ago

Have we been able to link any real harm to microplastics? I know it sounds bad intuitively. But can we draw a link to any diseases? What if this just amounts to fear mongering?

haltist · 2 years ago

Children are now born with plastic in their veins so we'll know soon enough what happens to these children based on their health outcomes.

u/haltist

KarmaCake day451September 10, 2023

About

homeless techno-optimist and singularitarian. all I need is $80B to solve any problem with AI

View Original