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Microplastics found in every human semen sample tested in study (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Nah, everybody dies of something. It's also never ACTUALLY "old age". It's either cancer, or a cascading failure of organs caused by a chronic disease, or both.

[–] cor@slrpnk.net 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

a lot more people are getting cancer at younger ages than before

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

and is it like how there were "suddenly" more left handed or non-straight people? Sounds more like everyone jumping on headlines.

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Maybe pumping chemicals and plastic into the food and water supply is actually really good for us. I bet everyone didn't think about that.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago

You might be able to link the cited article to a decline in sperm count.

Might. Saying, "yep, definitely why cancer" is simply and only a jump to conclusions.

[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Citation pls?

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Step 1: assessment of current situation as a bad thing

Step 2: lemmy user defends bad thing for reasons, as one does

Step 3: ablockalypse nao

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I am not defending microplastics, but pointing out how there are baseless assumptions being made.