Microplastics in the Air Linked to Infertility and Cancer | A study review has revealed that very small plastic particles floating in the air could be a contributor to infertility in males and females.

https://www.newsweek.com/microplastics-infertility-cancer-microscopic-study-pollution-2006310

by chrisdh79

7 comments

  1. Tell that Elon Musk who is so afraid of too low birth rate.

  2. Indoor air must be heavily loaded with fibers from carpets, furnishings, bedding. clothes.

  3. Don’t worry guys, they’re just talking about the animals… … …

  4. Good thing microfiber releases an ultrafine micro powder dust into the air then! And with a spread around air spaces akin to smoke! And with a cross contamination profile beyond absurd wherein it’s difficult to wash off and difficult to wash down sinks! And good thing it can get in between the fibers of shirts and sweaters and slowly release into your face for hours a you go about your day!

    And even more, good thing this easily-breathable microplastic is used to make blankets and sweaters and plushies and pillowcases.

    And every year it is used more and more, meaning entire sections of stores are filled with the ultrafine plastic particulates for everyone to breathe, and for it to cross contaminate on other products, spreading and spreading.

    And I know these things because my hypersensitivity reacts to plastic air pollution extremely severely. I get severe reactions from breathing smoke, diesel exhaust, sawdust – but the worst of them all is this god forsaken plastic microfiber.

    My body really *really* doesn’t like breathing plastic. As in it is a 8/10 on the pain scale and can cause me to cough severely for even up to 10 to 30 minutes, I assume however long it takes to cough it all out.

    I swear this is the new asbestos.

    I feel like a canary in a coal mine.

    This thing has been spreading into more and more stores and environments, and I can only imagine what it’s doing to the bodies of people who aren’t coughing it out.

    If you have anything made of microfiber, grab a pet hair lint roller thing and roll it across the material. Then look at it under a microscope/hand lens.

    Hell, I used one once in a cleanup process of something and it was making the lint roller sheets feel as smooth as a plastic bottle. Like rubbing my hand across the tape felt like rubbing my hand across a soft drink bottle. Just from the ultrafine plastic – and this was from cross contamination spread, not even the primary thing.

    It’s not good to inhale this much plastic, people.

    We should not be making blankets and pillow cases and sweaters out of this.

  7. Maybe the infertility thing will make the powers at be give half a shit – but probably not

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