• @EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world
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    102 years ago

    There is no living creature and no source of water without microplastics in it. Newborns have it in their blood and ground water has concentrations of it.

    • @freebee@sh.itjust.works
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      102 years ago

      yes, that is correct. I never said it would bring your intake to zero. But those appear to be big ways of microplastic intake we can control: food+packaging and food+heat. Harder to control the air you breathe in the city…

      • @EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world
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        -12 years ago

        Oh i know you weren’t looking for zero, but reduction and end-user changes won’t fix the issue any more than a bandage on a leaking tire in a flood. It’s just like other pollution issues, it has to be cut off or regulated at the source.