Scientists say discovery may be linked to decades-long decline in sperm counts in men around the world
  • kora@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    17·
    6 months ago

    Jokes on you BP, I’m getting mine removed anyways!

    In all seriousness though, this is concerning.

    • Zoop@beehaw.org
      1·
      6 months ago

      You should get a really powerful slingshot and yeet them right into some petroleum executive’s face!

  • Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    5·
    6 months ago

    Huh. I wonder if maybe covering nearly every single product in it, mixing cloth with it, and generally using it for everything large or small might not have been the way to avoid being completely full or microplastics.

  • Tai@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    6 months ago

    Whew, I i sure am glad I didnt take part in that study then huh

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    6 months ago

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    Microplastics have also recently been discovered in human blood, placentas and breast milk, indicating widespread contamination of people’s bodies.

    Vast amounts of plastic waste are dumped in the environment and microplastics have polluted the entire planet, from the summit of Mount Everest to the deepest oceans.

    In March, doctors warned of potentially life-threatening effects after finding a substantially raised risk of stroke, heart attack and earlier death in people whose blood vessels were contaminated with microscopic plastics.

    The study, published in the journal Toxicological Sciences, involved dissolving the tissue samples and then analysing the plastic that remained.

    The human testes had been routinely collected by the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator and were available following a seven-year storage requirement after which the samples are usually discarded.

    Recent studies in mice have reported that microplastics reduced sperm count and caused abnormalities and hormone disruptions.

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