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the plastic molecules are worse than chunks of plastic. micro plastics get into the food chain, then into our bodies, no idea what's next

Posted by zeitgeist Mar 25 '20, 16:11

here's how fucked the future is, the old method of surveying plastic in ocean was to sieve a bucket full.

someone just took an ounce and looked with a microscope, found millions of molecules of plastic suspended.

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someone took some oysters from the Puget sound, dissolved the organic material, found a 1/4 tea spoon of plastic goo left -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 25, 16:13
So compostable, lant-Based straws are...? -- nm - Mop Mar 25, 16:12 2
- Twizzlers -- nm - JaxSean Mar 25, 16:30
- pasta noodles -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 25, 16:13

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the plastic molecules are worse than chunks of plastic. micro plastics get into the food chain, then into our bodies, no idea what's next

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