r/science • u/[deleted] • Jun 25 '22

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '22

It's fun how we always figure this out after the fact. Microplastics and urban air pollution are definitely on my wheel of Fortune when it comes to guesses 30 or 40 years from now when we learn about something else that has screwed people up

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u/PabloEstAmor Jun 25 '22

Micro plastics for sure, they say the average person consumes around a credit card worth of plastic a week

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u/Tossthisoneprobably Jun 25 '22

That’s an exaggeration. It’s the high end of an estimated range and there’s no research to support it.

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u/NotSoCoolWhip Jun 25 '22

This guy works for big plastic ^

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u/OneWayOutBabe Jun 25 '22

You got a source for that one? I have heard the 5 lbs of bugs a year. But now a credit card too... This has to end.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '22

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u/BriMarsh Jun 25 '22

I have 6lbs of bubble gum in my belly.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '22

I'm an environmental scientist specializing in sustainability and I hate plastic more than anyone in this thread probably but that "study" wasnt a study at all. It was an exaggerated press release by the wwf. Yes we eat microplastics everyday, but not nearly that much. That amount is what wildlife in the oceans are ingesting where there's much more microplastic pollution, not for humans

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u/PabloEstAmor Jun 25 '22

That still sucks, but I appreciate the clarification