Could microplastics be eroding empathy in human brains? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago by Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works to c/showerthoughts@sh.itjust.works

21 comments fedilink hide all child comments

It's not a crazier idea than most of Kennedy's. Someone should do a study. Or make one up, nobody checks anymore.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] Salvo@aussie.zone 12 points 1 month ago

I don’t think microplastics are having that effect.

It could just as likely be the decrease in airborne Lead following the removal of Lead Paint and TetraEthyl Lead in Petrol has caused people to be much more aggressive.

They still have the brain damage from growing up breathing in heavy metals, but no longer have the soporific effect of heavy metals.

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Oh now that's a theory to conjure with!

this post was submitted on 06 Nov 2024

80 points (90.0% liked)

ShowerThoughts

2062 readers

2 users here now

Sometimes we have those little epiphanies in the shower.. sometimes they come from other places. This is a home for those epiphanies.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

csm10495@sh.itjust.works