New study reveals the dangers of inhaling microplastics

[@erinpowell941]

I worked for a respirologist twenty-five years ago who said there were studies being done about microscopic bits of rubber in the air from all the tires we drive on. Imagine how much stuff is out there if they have known about this stuff for over twenty years...?

[@ivanprusac5779]

Car tires are the worst for this. Happens as the car is simply driving. As it drives it sheds so much micro plastic dust. We live near a highway, and our windowsills have a quarter inch buildup of micro rubber dust on the bottom slider track of the window every 2 weeks.

[@karenacton3854]

How many of these micro plastics have been around for a number of years and we just weren’t informed about them?!? Sounds like they’re more concerned about tclimate change and the effects on the earth than about the effects of these plastics on the humans.

[@derekwoodford9955]

lol, you need people to "inform" you? You've already lost. Try being totally responsible for yourself.

[@citypavement]

You can actually be concerned about more than one thing at a time.

[@citypavement]

​@@derekwoodford9955Yeah, if you don't know what every microscopic particle is around you, t that's on you. lol Responsible people carry microscopes everywhere they go.

[@Tweak203]

Climate change is nothing but a political agenda. Global warming is not real. The earth does this naturally and even if we do NOTHING it will still reverse and be extremely cold in the near future. Less than 200 years maybe 100

[@chillblue1650]

They ARE informing you. People just don't educate themselves about this because it's way too inconvenient for them to try to make a difference. It's common sense in the first place that microplastic fibers will enter the air and you'll breathe them in. It doesn't take a scientist to figure that out.

[@lastChang]

Top 5 plastic polluting countries: 1. China 🇨🇳, 2. Indonesia, 3. Philippines, 4. Vietnam, and 5. Thailand. - Thanks, China!

[@citypavement]

Who buys it all?

[@Mashedpotatoe1000]

Why “could be”, “may be”, surely we expect more insights and actual evidence of the correlation between inhaling these and lung seaward, from researchers? There are lot more than micro plastics making their way into our body!

[@ivanprusac5779]

You can thank our decision to trade with China decades ago for this one.

[@lj6152]

Why are shredded tires being used in playgrounds?

[@greggarsenault4457]

Because they are rubber and coated.

[@lj6152]

@@greggarsenault4457 I took a closer look at what "rubber" is used in tires and my little ones are not going anywhere those playgrounds.

[@joemadden4160]

@@lj6152Psychotic. Do you have any idea how much plutoninum dust is in the top soil? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 How sad and pathetic to live in such fear.

[@lj6152]

@@joemadden4160 You're talking about plutonium in the soil and you're calling me psychotic, lol. I don't live anywhere close to Chernobyl so I'm not concerned about my kids playing in the dirt.

[@joemadden4160]

@@lj6152 The plutonium in the soil is from the hundreds of nuclear tests they conducted over a 60 year period. How do you think people who have never smoked get lung cancer and all the leukemia cases? Try to keep up.

[@derekwoodford9955]

micro plastics from the mask mandates?? lol......

[@Twatwaffle_69]

Yup, same masks they telling us doesn’t work for forest fire smoke, but worked for airborne virus apparently.

[@danmaster9183]

Were doomed

[@thehazelnutspread]

I'll bet wearing those masks were good for our lungs......weren't they?

[@Emifech]

Yep

[@danmaster9183]

Either that or catch covi

[@timway6839]

Polypropylene tea towels shake much dust after a few washes.

[@derekwoodford9955]

gross.

[@OcihEvE]

Most of these plastics are chemical in nature and I would be more concerned with cancer in the long term. It's the reason water bottles have expiration dates. Water becomes low level sulphuric (battery acid) when exposed to plastic for extended periods of time. Our bodies can sort it out when we are young but less so as we get older.

[@LilSpxrm]

basically the whole saying the same thing that people already know

[@nigelboisclair3553]

Next to do a study on inhaling exhuast... i smell gas daily @globalshoes

[@manueldavid7369]

MY TESLA has HEPA-Filters.

[@playmakingshotcreator7833]

Capitalism

[@derekwoodford9955]

umm.. no.. Corporatism.... learn the difference.

[@citypavement]

​@@derekwoodford9955Small companies can make poison, too. What's your point?

[@playmakingshotcreator7833]

@@derekwoodford9955 same thing

[@derekwoodford9955]

@@playmakingshotcreator7833 see the part where I said "learn the difference"

[@ItsHooDie]

Okay co2 2.0 try to tell me your worse than rocks in the air

[@lieszos]

but i like microplastics!!!

[@412lop7]

Naw bro

[@MasterKeyMagic]

capitalism kills