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Human brain samples contain an entire spoon’s worth of nanoplastics, study says (www.cnn.com)

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“The concentrations we saw in the brain tissue of normal individuals, who had an average age of around 45 or 50 years old, were 4,800 micrograms per gram, or 0.48% by weight,” Campen said.

That’s the equivalent of an entire standard plastic spoon, Campen said.

“Compared to autopsy brain samples from 2016, that’s about 50% higher”

An entire spoon's worth of plastic in ol' wrinkly. That doesn't seem good.

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 5 months ago (4 children)

“Compared to autopsy brain samples from 2016, that’s about 50% higher”

Uh, doesn't that mean that we're also getting more plastic, faster? I think we might be cooked yall

[–] [email protected] 33 points 5 months ago

Even if we stop making plastic, there's already massive amounts in the environment.

We're extremely doomed

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