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New Study: Microplastics found in the Arteries of Human Beings for the First Time Ever (hexbear.net)

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https://medium.com/p/2587fc2d6932 In a recent study conducted by researchers from the University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli in Italy, a surprising discovery was made: microplastics were found within arterial plaques. These tiny plastic particles, measuring less than 5 millimeters in length, were present in approximately 60% of the plaques removed from patients with atherosclerosis

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[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 61 points 6 months ago

FIVE FUCKING MILLIMETERS???? That is not small hero-pain

[-] Rx_Hawk@hexbear.net 41 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Not great

[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 25 points 6 months ago

this-is-fine

[-] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 29 points 6 months ago

That's just the definition of any micro plastic, less than 5mm, doesn't mean they found any that large here (unless I missed them being more specific in the article somewhere?)

[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 24 points 6 months ago

It seems weird to specify half a dang centimeter, I assumed "microplastics" would be invisible to the naked eye, right?

[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

A micron is 1/1000th of a mm, so while sort of visible, they can aggregate and form bigger particles. Usually they define a microplastic particle as being from 1–1000 μm (0.001 mm to 1 mm) some argue it should be 1-5000 μm, but to me anything beyond 1 mm isn't microplastic, just plain old plastic chunks.

[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 3 points 6 months ago

That sounds a lot more normal, much more like what I'd expect.

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 53 points 6 months ago

Microplastics in my brain

They're driving me insane

[-] operacion_ogro@hexbear.net 53 points 6 months ago

Thanks this post reminded me to eat my weekly credit card

[-] smb@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 months ago

never eat credit cards with no debt on it, always wait for a sufficient amount to disappeat 😁

[-] Magician@hexbear.net 52 points 6 months ago

Plastics manufacturers knew about plastic not being recyclable. They knew about micro plastics. They put the blame on us anyway.

[-] betelgeuse@hexbear.net 51 points 6 months ago

Coat my arteries with teflon so the plaque doesn't stick

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 44 points 6 months ago

microplastics-cool very cool and good

spoiler

[-] Red_Sunshine_Over_Florida@hexbear.net 41 points 6 months ago

A horror that was literally man-made.

[-] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 35 points 6 months ago

On the downside: Everything about this

On the upside: the final generations of humans will all be preserved like the Bodies museum exhibit for the next species to take a crack at this whole intelligent life thing

[-] stigsbandit34z@hexbear.net 6 points 6 months ago

vonnegut

[-] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 30 points 6 months ago

Holy fuck that's bad

[-] MaxOS@hexbear.net 28 points 6 months ago

agony-limitless

[-] hexthismess@hexbear.net 26 points 6 months ago

Yim yum, plastic. yummy

[-] Coca_Cola_but_Commie@hexbear.net 25 points 6 months ago

Crimes of the Future is a motion picture directed by David Cronenberg set in a future world where humans have developed rapid evolution, an ability used by underground artists to grow and remove new organs in masochistic psychosexual surgical art performances. They are manipulated by a cult searching for a new development in human evolution: humans who can digest plastic.

[-] un_mask_me@hexbear.net 21 points 6 months ago

I can't read the article and I have a dumb question: can donated blood or plasma, or even organs, contain microplastics?

[-] emptiestplace@lemmy.ml 12 points 6 months ago

I don't have a study for you, but the logical conclusion is yes.

[-] un_mask_me@hexbear.net 14 points 6 months ago

...

Quick search says we use pvc plastics for most blood bags...gonna go sit and silently rock myself in a corner while I process this newfound potential horror.