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Microplastics found in every human testicle in study (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] SadSadSatellite@lemmy.dbzer0.com 66 points 5 months ago

If we want to get conservatives on board with environmental protections, we should just start a conspiracy that the perceived rise in trans people, gays, and autistics is due to plastic ester groups in the environment. Then tell them that these groups are represented in the media so much now because the petrolium companies don't want us to see it as a problem when the science breaks.

Brb, gotta go convince some trumpers single use plastic is making their kids gay.

[-] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 5 months ago

I remember conservative conspiracy types were all over the idea that covid was going to be uncontainably catastrophic right up until the pandemic really happened and the party line was suddenly that actually the virus isn't real after all, at which point they did an about face rather than delivering actually well deserved "told you so"s.

Point being, as soon as they see

the petrolium companies don’t want us to see it as a problem

They will suspect this sentiment is disloyal to their political tribe and definitely automatically discard it on that basis.

[-] Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org 16 points 5 months ago

What's hilariously sad is that this could work

[-] thebes@mastodon.social 6 points 5 months ago

@SadSadSatellite @remington I'm visualizing sperm in plastic armor. Think Imperial stormtroopers. The Death Stars were giant balls, after all🫠😆

[-] FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

That’s basically already a thing what with the gay frogs and such

[-] KillingAndKindess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Jokes on you BP, I'm getting mine removed anyways!

In all seriousness though, this is concerning.

[-] Zoop@beehaw.org 2 points 5 months ago

You should get a really powerful slingshot and yeet them right into some petroleum executive's face!

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

To say I'm surprised would mean I would be required to lie...

[-] sk@hub.utsukta.org 8 points 5 months ago

over centuries we'll successfully mummify ourselves with plastics.

[-] Kissaki@beehaw.org 1 points 5 months ago

No no, only our testicle

[-] Steve@startrek.website 8 points 5 months ago

Oh nuts

[-] Kissaki@beehaw.org 1 points 5 months ago

I would nut say that

[-] Tai@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago

Whew, I i sure am glad I didnt take part in that study then huh

[-] runeko@programming.dev 6 points 5 months ago

I think maybe you did, and so did I. "Every human testicle." Question is: when did they sneakily test everyone's testicles?

[-] thebes@mastodon.social 4 points 5 months ago

@runeko @Tai Every New Year's when the Ball drops

[-] Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 5 months ago

Huh. I wonder if maybe covering nearly every single product in it, mixing cloth with it, and generally using it for everything large or small might not have been the way to avoid being completely full or microplastics.

[-] Argongas@kbin.social 2 points 5 months ago

Balls

[-] DemBoSain@midwest.social 3 points 5 months ago

[-] 1hitsong@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

Oh yeah? You got a place down there in New Orleans?

[-] autotldr 2 points 5 months ago

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Microplastics have also recently been discovered in human blood, placentas and breast milk, indicating widespread contamination of people’s bodies.

Vast amounts of plastic waste are dumped in the environment and microplastics have polluted the entire planet, from the summit of Mount Everest to the deepest oceans.

In March, doctors warned of potentially life-threatening effects after finding a substantially raised risk of stroke, heart attack and earlier death in people whose blood vessels were contaminated with microscopic plastics.

The study, published in the journal Toxicological Sciences, involved dissolving the tissue samples and then analysing the plastic that remained.

The human testes had been routinely collected by the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator and were available following a seven-year storage requirement after which the samples are usually discarded.

Recent studies in mice have reported that microplastics reduced sperm count and caused abnormalities and hormone disruptions.

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