6mo ago

The Human Brain May Contain as Much as a Spoon's Worth of Microplastics, New Research Suggests

www.smithsonianmag.com

Just a moment...

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Maybe actually a spoon then.
Ok, 7 grams.
Anythingbutmetric
- My spoon is too big.
  
  Oh yeah well my anus is bleeding
Might explain why the world's going crazy.
- It'll probably end up being far more devastating than lead. At this rate of growth, within decades the average adult will accumulate a few % of their body weight in plastic.
  
  Unfortunately you're more then likely correct. Lead exposure/ingestion is devastating (and so might be plastic ingestion as well)
  A few effects (not a exhaustive list)
  Behavioral problems, Developmental delays, Brain and nervous system damage, Learning disorders, Loss of self-control, and shortened attention span
- Spoon brained civilization
so waht? a litle plastik never would harmed my mindal health??
but why do i have overwelming urge to aslep in recycling bin??
Are we talking a coke spoon or more like a ladle here?
- The article says “the weight of a plastic spoon”; odd that they didn’t use a standard unit of measurement.
- Probably a shovel in the next few years, and then wheelbarrow's after that.
  Generation's after us, most newborn's will probably be born synthetic right away.
- Full on spoon spoon.
Probably half a cup in my testis.
…I wonder if I fell in the water, if that would make me float upside down?
- Just the one? Left or right?
  
  Left. Lost my right in an elementary school pen-accident.
I think I'm more plastic than man now. Guess I'll go out into the ocean and choke some sea turtles. I see now that that was always my destiny
That's all?

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