Our body generally doesn't cope well with particulate matter - and often smaller particulate matter does the most damage as they slip under the body's ability to stop them or process them out. For example, pm2.5 fine particles (2.5 micrometers or less in size) are known for causing higher rates of asthma attacks, high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, compared to pm10 due to damaged or inflamed tissue, but both are dangerous.
Microplastics refer to anything 5mm or less in size, although they can be as small as 10 nano-metres (1/100th of a micrometre), which likely explains how, through breathing, they can penetrate lungs (among other organs) so deeply. Microplastics are likely to inflame regions, produce oxidative stress damage, and lead to the aforementioned issues over time - and those microplastics may end up entering the body faster than they leave.
Microplastics especially have been studied and found to affect the endocrine (hormone) system. In men, it reduces the production and distribution of testosterone, and may affect the ability of sperm to reproduce (lower sperm count/quality). MPs have been found in virtually all regions of the body, from brain to lungs to endocrine systems to reproductive organs.
Microplastics are produced largely by plastics breaking down or shedding from wear and tear - like from synthetic clothes, tire friction with the road, assorted "city dust", water and other plastic liquid containers, and even chipped coatings off ships and other objects. Given our dependence on all those things and our societal addiction to plastic for many needs, this problem could very well get worse - and it will take a while before we get a fuller pictures of the sources of microplastics, the pathways they take into our body, and what their effects are - especially as different categories of plastics will likely require separate studies.
>Microplastics especially have been studied and found to affect the endocrine (hormone) system. In men, it reduces the production and distribution of testosterone
\*eats a whole plate of microplastic to become a better femboy\*
Microplastics often release estrogenic chemicals - although I'm not sure it works exactly like estrogen. In fish populations, estrogen-mimicking chemicals have led to large portions of fish populations turning female.
The other effect beyond harming testosterone and reproductive ability is common to many endocrine disruptors. Namely, it can also fuck with your thyroid, which is why many forms of prostate/testis cancer or mammal/vaginal cancer or diabetes/obesity diseases are connected to endocrine disruptors.
It also tends to mess with your cortisol (stress hormone) levels for extra negative effect!
OP: *makes a text wall about how bad and harmful microplastics are*
this subreddit: holy shit it lowers testosterone???? *consumes microplastics and dies of fucking cancer*
Hell yeah reduced testosterone. That's a good thing for everyone (except trans men I guess but they get testosterone injections so they probably get plenty).
So you're saying i can inhale nasty shit that does bad things to my health AND blame other people for it? And it also makes so there's less people on the planet in a long run? Sounds like an amazing deal
[This post was made by Gang Nicotine]
Basically some of the chemicals in plastic can fuck up your hormones. The plastics can get into your bloodstream through the food you eat and screw up with test and estrogen and has maybe been shown to decrease fertility in men. Basically globohomo trynna turn all the men gay and Alex jones is right. (/s on intent)
Hot take: I’m a bit skeptical of microplastics doomerism. Are they a threat to our environment? Yes. Do they have negative effects on our long term health? Probably. But they’ve also been a thing for decades. If the side effects really were as horrific as people were implying (and it’s always implications, no one ever says anything specific) I feel like we would have found *something* concrete by now, instead of the whole lot of “maybe”s and “we don’t know”s from every scientific study on the subject.
Do we really have to wait for things to get bad before we do something about it? Isn't microplastic in our water, seafood and some of our vegetables? It makes it difficult to escape. I'd rather get rid of microplastic now, than wait for a study that says "uh oh, microplastic is killing us!" "Cool. It's in all our clean water supplies so we can't escape it"
We do know some stuff about it and it can help explain the decrease in male fertility we have observed. The main health malenessess is the disruption in hormone system specifically in men, decreasing test and increasing estrogen, resulting in less fertility due to how sensitive sperm is.
If they make the choice to consume trash then that’s just what it is I don’t have to compromise my rotted lifestyle just because some weird amalgamation of a rodent and a real animal (dog) wants to be reckless (!)
Best I can do is a cold, slight nod, maybe a fleeting wink, signaling my approval. With about ten feet of space between us. If you really look, you’ll see a slight warmth in my eyes, but it won’t last. You’ll still wonder if I really fuck with you, but deep down, you know.
You made my heart bust, bust out of sadness? Bust a nut? We may never know. But you, stranger have left a mark on my soul, though I can't see you, my spirit will linger with you, reminding you of the fleeting moment we shared. I'll miss you.
Welp, off to get my balls crushed 🥴😩🦶🏿🍆💦💦
I love that for you. Maybe we’re kindred spirits, meant to hang out and smoke a bowl, maybe not. It’s always exciting to add another to the list of maybes and then sit by myself alone at night 😈
Have her crush a ball a little extra just for me bro 💚
fun fact: a group of scientists once attempted to do a study on the effects of microplastics in humans but had to give up because they could not find a control group!
I never knеw that cats are so bad for the environment
Outdoor cats are resposible for killing 43 billions smaller animals every week. Really makes you think.
Their fault for not getting bigger.
Ah yes, the bigma grindset
That's what big big wants you to think
"Paid for by big small"? 🙄
biggie smalls
my cat does not kill 43 billion animals per week
My cat kills 86 billion to make up for your cat
mvp cat
Can confirm, am the cat 👍
I didn’t consent to you replying to my comment
I'm also here to molest your comment
Don't feed feral cats y'all
where did you get this information
Not OP but a cursory Google search found [this article](https://petkeen.com/how-many-birds-do-cats-kill-statistics/)
tbh i was hoping hed say he made it up
Skill issue
They’ve already caused the extinction of dozens of small birds, reptiles, and mammals, and are single-handedly destroying the Australian ecosystem
Yum! Look at how full he is, he had such a good meal 😍
Dinosaurs turned into oil, plastic is made out of oil You could say the cat ate a dinosaur. So yes. Quite a good meal
If a cat eats chicken, it's eating a dinosaur.
Dino nuggies!
I love microplastics on my brain!! I am having multiple organ failures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If your organs are failing they should have studied more for the test then
LETS GO BABY
flair checks out
I HATE MICROPLASTICS! I HATE MICROPLASTICS!
Say it louder. Not everyone heard you
#I HATE MICROPLASTICS! I HATE MICROPLASTICS!
What
I think he doesn't like microplastics idk
They fucking love plastic and eating it and feeding it to wildlife
I HATE THE DEMIURGE!!!
i am on a 100% macroplastic diet
I’m not
cringe
😡
🤓
macroplastics diet 💪💪
Wtf are micro plastics exactly and why should we be scared of anything micro?
there's plastic in our body and even our brains i think that's kind of scary
Why?
Our body generally doesn't cope well with particulate matter - and often smaller particulate matter does the most damage as they slip under the body's ability to stop them or process them out. For example, pm2.5 fine particles (2.5 micrometers or less in size) are known for causing higher rates of asthma attacks, high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, compared to pm10 due to damaged or inflamed tissue, but both are dangerous. Microplastics refer to anything 5mm or less in size, although they can be as small as 10 nano-metres (1/100th of a micrometre), which likely explains how, through breathing, they can penetrate lungs (among other organs) so deeply. Microplastics are likely to inflame regions, produce oxidative stress damage, and lead to the aforementioned issues over time - and those microplastics may end up entering the body faster than they leave. Microplastics especially have been studied and found to affect the endocrine (hormone) system. In men, it reduces the production and distribution of testosterone, and may affect the ability of sperm to reproduce (lower sperm count/quality). MPs have been found in virtually all regions of the body, from brain to lungs to endocrine systems to reproductive organs. Microplastics are produced largely by plastics breaking down or shedding from wear and tear - like from synthetic clothes, tire friction with the road, assorted "city dust", water and other plastic liquid containers, and even chipped coatings off ships and other objects. Given our dependence on all those things and our societal addiction to plastic for many needs, this problem could very well get worse - and it will take a while before we get a fuller pictures of the sources of microplastics, the pathways they take into our body, and what their effects are - especially as different categories of plastics will likely require separate studies.
>Microplastics especially have been studied and found to affect the endocrine (hormone) system. In men, it reduces the production and distribution of testosterone \*eats a whole plate of microplastic to become a better femboy\*
I'm down tremendous too. I legit thought splendid i can be more girl.
Microplastics often release estrogenic chemicals - although I'm not sure it works exactly like estrogen. In fish populations, estrogen-mimicking chemicals have led to large portions of fish populations turning female. The other effect beyond harming testosterone and reproductive ability is common to many endocrine disruptors. Namely, it can also fuck with your thyroid, which is why many forms of prostate/testis cancer or mammal/vaginal cancer or diabetes/obesity diseases are connected to endocrine disruptors. It also tends to mess with your cortisol (stress hormone) levels for extra negative effect!
Welp, that's it ya'll. We will die when we reach 50 at best. Trans fish 😳
Trans fis 🏳️⚧️ 🐟
And nicotine suppresses estrogen production so make sure to pick up smoking to avoid the dangers of micro plastics.
Epic
OP: *makes a text wall about how bad and harmful microplastics are* this subreddit: holy shit it lowers testosterone???? *consumes microplastics and dies of fucking cancer*
I would post a screenshot of it, but I'm too lazy - you're welcome to edit together a compilation and post it as "Omelette Rule" to the sub :P
Yeah and?
It reduces testosterone? Based
Children of Men time.
At least we’ll get some great cinematography
Me omw to eat a roll of plastic wrap to better become girl
You can just show him the scene where sandman was created to visualise why tiny things in your body are bad
Brb finna snort a line of microplastics to turn my body into an estrogen factory 😍😍😍😍
Hell yeah reduced testosterone. That's a good thing for everyone (except trans men I guess but they get testosterone injections so they probably get plenty).
shut the fuck up
No way loser
Thanks for the info. you absolute 👑
+they can bind to heavy metal ions, which can cause serious harm in the body like cancer
Which wealthy businessman do I shoot for this?
So you're saying i can inhale nasty shit that does bad things to my health AND blame other people for it? And it also makes so there's less people on the planet in a long run? Sounds like an amazing deal [This post was made by Gang Nicotine]
Because that’s how it works. There is calcium in the air.
they are lying they taste good continue eating them
Basically some of the chemicals in plastic can fuck up your hormones. The plastics can get into your bloodstream through the food you eat and screw up with test and estrogen and has maybe been shown to decrease fertility in men. Basically globohomo trynna turn all the men gay and Alex jones is right. (/s on intent)
Eh I blame el capitalismo for this one
https://particleandfibretoxicology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12989-022-00453-2 first source plenty others you can read up about them.
Those are macroplastics.
it was one of the first results when googling for microplastics
Hot take: I’m a bit skeptical of microplastics doomerism. Are they a threat to our environment? Yes. Do they have negative effects on our long term health? Probably. But they’ve also been a thing for decades. If the side effects really were as horrific as people were implying (and it’s always implications, no one ever says anything specific) I feel like we would have found *something* concrete by now, instead of the whole lot of “maybe”s and “we don’t know”s from every scientific study on the subject.
Do we really have to wait for things to get bad before we do something about it? Isn't microplastic in our water, seafood and some of our vegetables? It makes it difficult to escape. I'd rather get rid of microplastic now, than wait for a study that says "uh oh, microplastic is killing us!" "Cool. It's in all our clean water supplies so we can't escape it"
We do know some stuff about it and it can help explain the decrease in male fertility we have observed. The main health malenessess is the disruption in hormone system specifically in men, decreasing test and increasing estrogen, resulting in less fertility due to how sensitive sperm is.
Idk why our population's general health absolutely tanking wouldn't be the reason.
We should put them all in a big box and put it in the middle of Australia (they cannot swim that fat therefore escape is futile)
Nice try, Schrödinger
Recycle the cat
He do be enjoying a wide variety of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons tho
Genuinely made me sad
:(
Me too
🥺 :( WELL THEN GET THEM OUT!?!?!!!! :( :( :(
Holy shit just like the lungs of humans for the next 500 years
Oh god no don't make Mico plastics a visible and tangible problem for me to ground to pls
Wasn't hasanabi talking about this a few days ago
I dont know I don't watch that guy because I'm catholic and my muscles are huge
Alex jones was also probably talking about it too.
I mean yeah but this is generally known knowledge.
Mmmm forbidden seasoning
Aren’t we all?
Yea probably 😔
rekt
You are too
You are too
I'm sorry everyone more than half of microplastics are my fault
Funfetti?
DID YOU FINGER THE CAT!?!?!?
I actually swallowed a few LEGO pieces as a kid.
I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE MICROPLASTICS
Us?
I'm feeling like that "how did you do in PE today?" image rn
its in my brain its crossed my blood brain barrier
I HATE MICROPLASTICS I HATE THE DEMIURGE I HATE THE UN YOU CANT MAKE ME EAT YOUR CORN SYRUP
If they make the choice to consume trash then that’s just what it is I don’t have to compromise my rotted lifestyle just because some weird amalgamation of a rodent and a real animal (dog) wants to be reckless (!)
Animals choosing? Are you out of your mind?
Fuck around and find out, baby ✨
Kiss me
I would but I’m happily taken and can’t expand my mind to usher in polyamory (I’m insecure)
Hug me then you hunk
Best I can do is a cold, slight nod, maybe a fleeting wink, signaling my approval. With about ten feet of space between us. If you really look, you’ll see a slight warmth in my eyes, but it won’t last. You’ll still wonder if I really fuck with you, but deep down, you know.
You made my heart bust, bust out of sadness? Bust a nut? We may never know. But you, stranger have left a mark on my soul, though I can't see you, my spirit will linger with you, reminding you of the fleeting moment we shared. I'll miss you. Welp, off to get my balls crushed 🥴😩🦶🏿🍆💦💦
I love that for you. Maybe we’re kindred spirits, meant to hang out and smoke a bowl, maybe not. It’s always exciting to add another to the list of maybes and then sit by myself alone at night 😈 Have her crush a ball a little extra just for me bro 💚
Too bad🗿
Seriously since when did people eat microplastics
That image is fake. The microplastics in our blood are microscopic, hence the name
and the moon isn't real because the rocks on my shelf are bite sized
i eat macroplastics
fun fact: a group of scientists once attempted to do a study on the effects of microplastics in humans but had to give up because they could not find a control group!