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This goes all the way to the top (media.piefed.world)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/funny@lemmy.world
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[–] 14 points 8 months ago (11 children)

They're making the microsplastics worse. This is gonna end up in marine ecosystems. Idk how well sewage treatment can isolate this.

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  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    It is hilarious to me to watch people freak out about micro plastics in their Tupperware or whatever when the vast majority are coming from their Lululemon tights and SUV tires.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    You're right but I think that most of those people are worried about consuming micro plastics and are less concerned about the effects on the environment. So most people aren't munching on their tires or Lululemons ^unless you're into that sort of thing...^

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    The water is the environment man and you need it to live.

    The call is coming from inside the house.

    You use your tires, they wear off then it rains and the result ends up in the water table. You wash your clothes the water ends up back in the water table after all the microplastics are worn off from the washing.

    Water treatment does not remove 100 percent of the micro plastics.

    You drink the water.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    i mean, i read about something using... not quite nanotechnology but slightly larger scale, building their chips off of cornstarch based chips (basically using carbon chains from corn to build the chips. i wish i could remember the paper. all that stuck with me was "heh, molecular corn chips thats funny")

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    We're way past that concern, sadly enough. Plastic is EVERYWHERE.

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