The Great Microplastics Panic Was Unfounded
Well well, it turns out all those ‘peer-reviewed’ studies warning that micro- and nanoplastics infest your brain, blood and gonads . . . don’t hold up
New analysis finds that all those feats of science “face methodological challenges” — something the journals that published them really should’ve noticed before granting them their imprimatur.
Seems the hunt for tiny bits of plastic in the human body is marred by false positives and lab contamination; notably, good old fat is known to return false positives for polyethylene, the ubiquitous plastic found in virtually all packaging and containers.
This explains the alarming studies finding especially high concentrations of microplastics in the brain: That particular organ is 60 percent fat.
Other details lost in the endless mainstream-media reports on the microplastic menace: many microparticles are too big to enter the bloodstream, and tinier nanoparticles are too small to be detected using available technology.
Scientists developed complex workarounds to investigate their theories, such as vaporizing tissue samples into fumes they can easily analyze — except these tests get done in labs loaded with plastics, which easily contaminate the samples.
Between false positives and cross-contamination, the hunt for microplastics is like a detective seeing his own fingerprint on the magnifying glass and declaring himself the culprit.
The health and wellness industrial-complex has stoked plenty of paranoia; let’s hope the truth about the microplastics menace inspires suspicion about similar “science,” from gluten to seed oils to blue light and fluoride.
Or maybe you just want to feel safe in drinking bottled water again?
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JFK
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Having seen with my very eyes (not even a microscope) the levels of plastic particles contained in bottled water, I would have to say that I remain a strong sceptic against the sceptics of this problem.
I have used simple methods to detect them, and it was by pure luck, but one credit card per year, at the very least, DEFINITELY goes through your gut if you are drinking bottled water.
Let alone plastic coming from other sources…
Also, fine particles of plastic are expected to enter the blood.
So, the only question that remains is whether they get themselves embedded in human tissue at the stated levels, or they mostly circulate in our blood.
Even if the later is the case, it is not something you do not have to worry about.
Even if it only circulates in our blood, plastic releases numerous chemicals, BPA being one of them…
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As the only alternative is the water that comes from my tap, I’ll stick with bottled spring water. They fluoridated the water here and I haven’t used tap water since. I filter my shower because I was occasionally near passing out from the chlorine. Short of living in the Himalayas and getting my water from a mountain stream, no water available in modern cities, whether you buy it or use tap, is what nature intended. Our genome will either adapt or perish from our mistakes
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JFK
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Yep.
I agree on that.
Although, they’ve started using recycled plastic in water bottles, and things are getting tough…
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