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Xatolos@reddthat.com to News@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Microplastics found in every human testicle in study

www.theguardian.com

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Microplastics found in every human testicle in study

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Xatolos@reddthat.com to News@lemmy.world · 2 years ago
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Scientists say discovery may be linked to decades-long decline in sperm counts in men around the world
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    We’ve obviously seen a lot of studies about the proliferation of microplastics. They seem to be in practically everything and everyone to an almost cellular level. Are there any modern studies or even just hypotheses for what the actual effects are? Has it just not been long enough for us to gather data?

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      Yes. Dr Shanna Swan wrote a book about it called Countdown. She’s proven that it is having a direct impact on our reproductive system as an endocrine disruptor.

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        The only way to improve the climate is to dramatically decrease the human population. If plastics are good at it, I say USE MORE PLASTICS!!!

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          Sure, yo go first.

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            I started 3D printing all the shit for a reason!

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          This is just not true, it’s 4 companies driving almost alll climate impacting technologies, human population has been stabilizing across the board and human race is projected to peak at 10 billion.

          We have the resources to accommodate that number. It’s our technology, not the people and it’s fucking corporations.

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            Human population should peak below 1B.

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    Wait. Both left and right?

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      Even the center one?

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    Between the microplastics, the pfoas and other fluorine based stuff from 3M, and the lead in fuel that airplanes are still allowed to use, and the lack of a more natural diet, it’s no wonder we’re all so screwed up.

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      People were using lead in day to day life for thousands of years.

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        For thousands of years it wasn’t aerosolized. It isn’t even debated anymore. It’s a known and accepted fact that it has made people dumber.

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          Yeah, it was simply added directly to the food as a sweetener. No biggie…

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          Removed by mod

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    So should i recycle my sperm instead of flushing it?

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      You can probably use it in a 3d printer

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        What did you just call my wife???

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    Microplastics, son! 💪

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    They say every, but no one’s checked mine yet.

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    Wingus and the ping pong boys attack again

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