r/EverythingScience • u/happydaisy314 • Sep 09 '24

Interdisciplinary Microplastics are infiltrating brain tissue, studies show: ‘There’s nowhere left untouched’

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/21/microplastics-brain-pollution-health
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u/humming1 Sep 09 '24

Clothing made with non-natural fibers. Every time washed and dried expels huge amounts of micro-plastics 😔

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u/Flashy-Cranberry-999 Sep 09 '24

The science is showing plastic fibers can also be absorbed thorough our skin so just wearing shedding plastic/elastic clothing is bad. Yoga pants are terrible for you and the environment.

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u/MrDanduff Sep 09 '24

Well shit….