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“A growing body of scientific evidence shows that microplastics are accumulating in critical human organs, including the brain, leading researchers to call for more urgent actions to rein in plastic pollution. Studies have detected tiny shards and specks of plastics in human lungs, placentas, reproductive organs, livers, kidneys, knee and elbow joints, blood vessels and bone marrow. Given the research findings, “it is now imperative to declare a global emergency” to deal with plastic pollution, said Sedat Gündoğdu, who studies microplastics at Cukurova University in Turkey.” https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/21/microplastics-brain-pollution-health
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Do they have any findings on the impact of this accumulated plastic?
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Not yet but initial indications are worrisome
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Lower sperm count is one of them
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Study?
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Here let me google that for you https://www.google.com/gasearch?q=microplastics%20and%20sperm%20count&source=sh/x/gs/m2/5
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/10/microplastics-found-in-every-human-semen-sample-tested-in-chinese-study Most studies implicate chemical pollutants.
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Bet money, will microplastics be considered a leading cause of drop in semen count in 15 years?
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I’m sure they will! But clearly Google isn’t sufficient
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oh, does it currently say that they aren't implicated? I thought the article said they caused hormone abnormalities
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The study in mice is promising, but right now only correlative! Mice not being an analogue for humans.
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We study mice because they are analogous to human biology!
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But that’s obviously only a first step. For example, no drug is approved on mice alone for a reason.
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but a drug might be blocked on mice alone
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That is true. This doesn’t strike me a severe enough to do so, but I may be wrong. That said… https://www.perplexity.ai/search/how-directly-do-lab-results-in-MddyEcM2SM6LQZxzwFrp2Q
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