☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to World News • 2 years agoStudy finds plastic particles no bigger than sesame seeds buried throughout human lungs of people undergoing surgery, indicating that people are inhaling microplastics lingering in the air.e360.yale.edumessage-square13arrow-up118arrow-down11
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkStudy finds plastic particles no bigger than sesame seeds buried throughout human lungs of people undergoing surgery, indicating that people are inhaling microplastics lingering in the air.e360.yale.edu☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to World News • 2 years agomessage-square13
minus-square@electrodynamica@mander.xyzlinkfedilink6•2 years agoSesame seeds are huge! No way plastic that big can float in the air. Maybe they meant poppy seeds? Still too big to float though.
minus-squarekroldenlink6•2 years agoYou dont inhale pieces that size you inhale microplastic over time and it builds up clumps inside your lungs.
minus-square@gunlink2•2 years ago“No bigger than sesame seeds.” So the tail end of the distribution does not reach the size of a sesame seed. Still spooky.
Sesame seeds are huge! No way plastic that big can float in the air. Maybe they meant poppy seeds? Still too big to float though.
It could just be that particles clump up in the lungs
You dont inhale pieces that size you inhale microplastic over time and it builds up clumps inside your lungs.
“No bigger than sesame seeds.” So the tail end of the distribution does not reach the size of a sesame seed. Still spooky.