Microplastics were found in human blood for the first time. Long term effects are unknown.

[trenchfoot]

Amazing how us humans find so many wonderful ways to kill ourselves off in the name of the almighty dinero. Goes to show just how duplicitous people are when it comes to fulfilling their dreams and desires of striking it rich and retiring at age 25, 35 at the latest.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

Oh great, now you can't trust black plastic utensils. Apparently fire retardant is getting recycled into them. What a frigging nightmare plastics have become.

Your favorite spatula could kill you

Researchers found cancer-causing flame retardants in a number of everyday household products

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Stick to metal, wood, and silicone I guess!

 

[hal2kilo]

Stick to metal, wood, and silicone I guess!

Not when your fancy enamel cast ironware says not to use metal.

Or to quote FZ "Just give it all you got on your plastic utensils, ...plastic utensils".

 

[Jaskalas]

The scale and scope of how we have harmed ourselves and every living thing on the planet, is unfathomable.

There are various potential causes with fingers pointed, but I found these two pieces of information to be rather suspiciously timed. Maybe the internet alone is not the cause of our growing madness. Like lead before it, could it be we are just simply poisoned?

• Human Intelligence Sharply Declining​

As the Financial Times reports, assessments show that people across age groups are having trouble concentrating and losing reasoning, problem-solving, and information-processing skills — all facets of the hard-to-pin-down metric that "intelligence" is supposed to measure.​

• Microplastics Found in Human Brains: An Alarming Link to Dementia​

Interestingly, microplastic accumulation did not correlate with age, sex, race, or cause of death, but individuals with dementia exhibited even greater plastic concentrations, particularly within cerebrovascular walls and immune cells. ​