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		roenxi on Aug 22, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bioaccumulation of Microplastics in Decedent Human... Nature killed more people when the oasis was pristine. Life pre-plastic was shorter, more brutish and a lot less comfortable.

HeatrayEnjoyer on Aug 22, 2024 | [–]

We can get rid of plastics without throwing out every medical and QoL invention...

bamboozled on Aug 22, 2024 | [–]

This comment won't age well if we keep polluting the environment the way we are. Plastics will continue to grow as a problem if we keep using them at the scale we do.

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