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At this point, Microplastics pollution should probably be included (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by SlippiHUD@lemmy.world to c/climatecrisis@lemmy.ml

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The average brain weighs 1300-1400 grams. If 0.5% of that is plastic by weight, your brain contains 6.5 - 7 grams of plastic. The average plastic credit card weighs 5 grams.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/21/microplastics-brain-pollution-health

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[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 15 points 7 months ago

What if the roads were rubber and the tires were asphalt?

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[-] Pandantic@midwest.social 7 points 7 months ago

This was in a cartoon with the Flintstones once!

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