Microplastic pollution has been discovered lodged deep in the lungs of living people for the first time. The particles were found in almost all the samples analysed. Scientists said microplastic pollution was now ubiquitous across the planet, making human exposure unavoidable.

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[–]Organtuan 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I guess this means we are all going to die some day.

[–]lordfalafel 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

  1. fear porn
  2. celebrity fear porn
  3. big pharma the savior

[–]Shoah_Kahn 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That can join the "C-8" carcinogen that DuPont / 3M polluted everyone with (re. Teflon), since the c.1950s...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJFbsWX4MJM

[–]SoCo 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

We should remember that micro plastics are hormone disrupting pollution.