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    PhilipTheBucketA to Health - Resources and discussion for everything health-related@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

    The Human Brain May Contain as Much as a Plastic Spoon's Weight of Microplastics

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    The Human Brain May Contain as Much as a Plastic Spoon's Weight of Microplastics

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    PhilipTheBucketA to Health - Resources and discussion for everything health-related@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago
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    The Human Brain May Contain as Much as a Spoon's Worth of Microplastics, New Research Suggests
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    The amount of microplastics in the human brain appears to be increasing over time: Concentrations rose by roughly 50 percent between 2016 and 2024, according to a new study
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      not the brain plasticity we desire

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      So, instead of “brain fart”, I can start with “brain plastic”?

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      It’s like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife

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      Op, you made a typo in the post title. The article says worth and you have weight.

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        I changed it, because “a spoon’s worth” could mean either, the volume of the spoon itself, or a spoonful.

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          I read it as the weight of the spoon itself which doesn’t make much sense vs the weight of what the spoon would hold when filled with a scoop.

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            Yes, that’s why I changed it. “A plastic spoon’s weight” is clear. “A spoon’s worth” could mean a few different things. In my opinion.

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      The future of the human race…

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      For some, this would be an improvement.

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