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[–] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

My non-professional guess is that microplastics will eventually sterilize us by disrupting our sperm's ability to function properly. Only the wealthy can afford the medical procedures to bypass this.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Maybe kids will need to be carefully sheltered from plastics until they are old enough to freeze their sperm.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    'Twould be sweet irony and a blessing for the earth.

    Although the best method for removing it I've found is donating plasma (PFAs down 30% in 6 months of regular donation, the hope is nanoplastics are also removed...) so it might be the poors (in USA) and generous that get to have kids, so that's nice...

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