Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jun 28, 2023

[thread 1/x] Microplastics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microplastics
2/x https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110633872809374525

How Plastics Are Poisoning Us: Will we ever be rid of them?
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/07/03/book-reviews-plastic-waste
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36502366

* both release/attract toxic chemicals
* appear everywhere f. human placentas to chasms 36,000 feet beneath the sea

#pollutants #plastics #microplastics #EnvironmentalHealth #toxicology #health #environment #EcologicalDestruction #ecology

Microplastics - Wikipedia

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Addendum 1

A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet & Our Bodies
https://islandpress.org/books/poison-no-other

* plastic contaminates every corner of Earth
* plastic tends to devolve to microplastics, bits <5 mm diameter
* as plastics fall apart, the chemicals that went into their manufacture can leach out

#pollutants #plastics #microplastics #EnvironmentalHealth #toxicology #health #environment #EcologicalDestruction #ecology

A Poison Like No Other

Island Press
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Addendum 2

Pollutants

* Plastic pollution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_pollution
* Microplastics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microplastics
* Persistent organic pollutant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistent_organic_pollutant
* Sex effects of water pollution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_effects_of_water_pollution
* Bioindicators § Chemical pollutants: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioindicator#Chemical_pollutants

#pollutants #ChemicalPollutants #plastics #PlasticPollutants #pollution #microplastics #PFAS #ForeverChemicals #EndocrineDisruptors #bioindicators #OrganicPollutants #PersistentChemicals #EnvironmentalHealth

Plastic pollution - Wikipedia

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Addendum 3

The impact of plastic on human health
We know that plastic is choking the planet. But it could be killing us, too
https://www.nationofchange.org/2023/07/12/the-impact-of-plastic-on-human-health

Microplastics stick around in human airways
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110540006345161244

Microplastics embedded in tissues of whales, dolphins
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110872325223503635

#plastic #pollution #pollutants #plastics #microplastics #EnvironmentalHealth #toxicology #health #environment #EcologicalDestruction #ecology

The impact of plastic on human health | NationofChange

Jul 12, 2023 at 4:12pmWeb
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Addendum 4

Microplastics on the brain?
Microplastics infiltrate all body systems, cause behavioral changes
https://www.sustainableplastics.com/news/microplastics-found-pass-blood-brain-barrier-even-though-ingested-drinking-water
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37306427

* widespread infiltration of microplastics in mammals
* plastic particles bioaccumulate in organs incl. brain

Acute Exposure to Microplastics Induced Changes in Behavior & Inflammation in Young & Old Mice
https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/24/15/12308

#microplastics #EnvironmentalHealth #toxicology #health #bioaccumulation #inflammation #cognition

Microplastics on the brain?

Neuroscience, Pharmacy Professor Jaime Ross’ study finds ‘widespread’ infiltration, potential for serious health consequences, including Alzheimer’s.

Sustainable Plastics