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  • wewbull@feddit.uktoScience Memes@mander.xyzPLASTICMAXXING
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    7 days ago

    I’m confused.

    Is the issue here you’re using the term “micro-plastic” in a different way to me? My understanding of it is “small particles of solid plastic often reduced in size through mechanical processes to microscopic sizes which we find throughout the environment, often distributed by water”. You seem to be talking more generally about chemical water pollution.


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    7 days ago

    That’s very different though. Nobody claims that the chemicals used in plastic manufacturing are biologically inert, just that the final result is.

    Dupont wasn’t dumping Lego bricks into the pond. They were leaking liquid chemicals.

    Edit: I’m presuming because “This content in unavailable in your area”.