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[-] DavLemmyHav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 1 year ago
[-] cnnrduncan@beehaw.org 43 points 1 year ago

Depends on how old you are - dust from half a century ago didn't have any microplastics in it!

[-] MJBrune@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I wonder how microplastics change dust

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago

Somehow... I blame the Republicans.

[-] ElleChaise@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago
[-] _danny@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Dust is largely made of skin cells and fibers from our clothes and furniture. Since our clothes and furniture are containing more and more plastics and synthetics, I'd wager that our dust is noticeably different now than it was 30 years ago.

[-] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

Tastes different too!

[-] ezchili@iusearchlinux.fyi 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For people like me living next to a large busy road, dust is mostly made out of micro plastics from tires :(

Well, I didn't do a compound analysis but I have to sweep my floor 3x as often as when I was in the countryside.

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