Comment on Magic Mineral

Evotech@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• flo@infosec.pub ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Plastic is bout very reactive. This property makes it generally not directly harmful to organic health, but also notoriously slow to decompose, causing huge amounts of pollution. I think it’s misleading to compare it to asbestos.

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  • Maxxie@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    From what I gather, asbestos is also very stable and not reactive. Asbestosis is caused by tiny fibers physically tearing your lungs.

    It’s unlikely that plastic is as dangerous (we’d seen it by now) but its buildup can likewise cause some condition.

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    • roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      To be clear, asbestos is less reactive than plastic by a wide margin. One burns, the other will not.

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    • Landless2029@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Microplastics gathering in the brain. Most of which come from tires not food containers.

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    • kofe@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Such as increased rates of infertility iirc

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• affiliate@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  they already are

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  • chemicalprophet@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    And we keep ramping up production because… Capitalism!

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• werefreeatlast@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Just waiting for 3D printing fumes and SLA resin to be under the radar.

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