Analysis: We consume up to a credit card’s worth of plastic every week (www.cnn.com)

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[-] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 2 months ago

On a good week I'll eat two!

[-] k_rol@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago

You know what, I thought the average would be higher, I feel a bit better. Not much though.

[-] owiecc@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago

At more or less they explain why this claim is not true: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct5tqj

The original study claims 0.1-5g/week of plastic dependent on the diet. The BBC expert says they overestimate this range a lot due to their methodology.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago

Well that's a bit more encouraging, although as they say at the end the real question is how many small particles we consume that can get into the blood stream instead of passing through the system.

[-] deuleb_biezelbob@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

Thats not too shabby! Credit cards are like 5 grams of plastic

[-] buwho@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

gnar

[-] jwt@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

I was thrown off by the word 'consume' in combination with credit card. 'Ingest' would have been a better choice of words in this context imo.

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