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kleinbl00 · 2416 days ago · link · · parent · post: Plastic fibres found in tap water around the world
And that's another one of my issues: Right. That would be mesothelioma on a worldwide scale. Since we're not seeing that, despite the widespread adoption of thermoplastics over the past 70 years...Mahon said there were two principal concerns: very small plastic particles and the chemicals or pathogens that microplastics can harbour. “If the fibres are there, it is possible that the nanoparticles are there too that we can’t measure,” she said. “Once they are in the nanometre range they can really penetrate a cell and that means they can penetrate organs, and that would be worrying.”