• lynny@lemmy.world
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    Social media. It wasn’t until very recently that people started to realize just how harmful it actually is.

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      Plastic in general, except that we know and just keep doing it. I’m trying to use less plastic if I can but it’s frickin everywhere. If you want to buy an ear of corn it’s wrapped in plastic as if it isn’t already wrapped in nature’s protection. Seriously people.

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      This right here. We are undoubtedly the plastic generation. And it’s not letting up any time soon; our kids will be included in this cohort as well. Banning plastic bags in cities is next to useless when everything we eat, everything we drink, and everything we buy is wrapped in plastic.

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    Microplastics and PFAS

    No, seriously, these two will kill Earth, and us

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    Probably brake pads. Everyone’s living in cities now, just breathing in brake pad and lead particles.

    Oh and car tires. Just huffing those all day.

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    Microplastics and plastic related byproducts, like phtalates (which are connected with a decreased fertility in mammals)
    I’m positive that the long term effects of these substances, that can be found in every link of the food chain nowadays, will be discussed a lot in the future

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    Microplastics are the new lead, and screens are the new tobacco, in my opinion. Overuse of sugar in processed foods is the new version of how they’d cut food with inedible stuff like sawdust back in the day.

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      My mom become an avid anti-plastic person after watching videos and reading things about the damages that microplastics do to the health, nature and the planet. She does everything she can to avoid using plastic things!

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        Care to elaborate? Always looking for new tips to cut back on my personal plastic use.

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    Perfluoroalkyls aka PFAS appear to screw with all manner of body functions.

    Since you mention tobacco: It’s worth noting that the smoking/cancer connection was noticed long before peak cigarette smoking in the population. Prior to WWII, lung cancer was considered a rare disease. That changed with the mass marketing of cigarettes.

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      There’s a couple studies showing that even though your body can’t process and remove PFAS and it just keeps accumulating, if you donate blood regularly you reduce the amount in your body by a bit each time. There are other slight health benefits to donating blood and lots of places will pay you for it. So if you can reduce your PFAS intake and donate blood you can slowly get rid of it. I use arch linux btw.