Plastic pollution is everywhere: in rivers and oceans, in the air and the mountains, even in our blood and vital organs. Most of the public attention has focused on the dangers of microplastics. These are fragments smaller than 5 millimetres.
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Tau.Neutrino said:
New type of ‘sieve’ detects the smallest pieces of plastic in the environment more easily than ever beforePlastic pollution is everywhere: in rivers and oceans, in the air and the mountains, even in our blood and vital organs. Most of the public attention has focused on the dangers of microplastics. These are fragments smaller than 5 millimetres.
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I suffer from my own plastics. Having produced lots of native trees from my backyard, I now have smaller and smaller pieces of black plastic tubes that I try to pick up on every walk in the yard. It musy look odd to my neighbours, me emu bobbing for things to small for them to see.
Smallest pieces of plastic¿
How big does it have to be to be plastic¿
Is just being polymeric enough¿
Does it have to have molecules large enough to hold plasticisers¿
How many monomer subunits does it have to have before it’s a polymer¿
I cannot answer you cogent questions, sorry.
Michael V said:
I cannot answer you cogent questions, sorry.
I’m not going to try.
roughbarked said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
New type of ‘sieve’ detects the smallest pieces of plastic in the environment more easily than ever beforePlastic pollution is everywhere: in rivers and oceans, in the air and the mountains, even in our blood and vital organs. Most of the public attention has focused on the dangers of microplastics. These are fragments smaller than 5 millimetres.
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I suffer from my own plastics. Having produced lots of native trees from my backyard, I now have smaller and smaller pieces of black plastic tubes that I try to pick up on every walk in the yard. It musy look odd to my neighbours, me emu bobbing for things to small for them to see.
This study is interesting
A 2024 study found that, globally, humans produced 57 million tons of plastic pollution per year, a figure that experts say will continue to increase unless current trends dramatically change.
The world is producing 57 million tons of plastic pollution per year, new study finds
The world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year and spreads it from the deepest oceans to the highest mountaintop to the inside of people’s bodies, according to a new study that also said more than two-thirds of it comes from the Global South.
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SCIENCE said:
Smallest pieces of plastic¿
How big does it have to be to be plastic¿
Is just being polymeric enough¿
Does it have to have molecules large enough to hold plasticisers¿
How many monomer subunits does it have to have before it’s a polymer¿
>>>Scientists were able to identify nanoplastic particles as small as 200 nanometers
Tau.Neutrino said:
SCIENCE said:
Smallest pieces of plastic¿
How big does it have to be to be plastic¿
Is just being polymeric enough¿
Does it have to have molecules large enough to hold plasticisers¿
How many monomer subunits does it have to have before it’s a polymer¿
>>>Scientists were able to identify nanoplastic particles as small as 200 nanometers
so picoplastics aren’t plastics or is there an official definition somewhere
Scientists discover how nanoplastics disrupt brain energy metabolism
Scientists from the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI) have discovered how nanoplastics—even smaller than microplastics—disrupt energy metabolism in brain cells. Their findings may have implications for better understanding neurodegenerative diseases characterized by declining neurological or brain function, and even shed new light on issues with learning and memory.
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Tau.Neutrino said:
Scientists discover how nanoplastics disrupt brain energy metabolismScientists from the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI) have discovered how nanoplastics—even smaller than microplastics—disrupt energy metabolism in brain cells. Their findings may have implications for better understanding neurodegenerative diseases characterized by declining neurological or brain function, and even shed new light on issues with learning and memory.
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One wonders if planets need an intelligent species or if they by their very existence are a pest or threat
It’s not just us humans either, you’d assume if must damage all life or if not all, most
Cymek said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Scientists discover how nanoplastics disrupt brain energy metabolismScientists from the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI) have discovered how nanoplastics—even smaller than microplastics—disrupt energy metabolism in brain cells. Their findings may have implications for better understanding neurodegenerative diseases characterized by declining neurological or brain function, and even shed new light on issues with learning and memory.
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One wonders if planets need an intelligent species or if they by their very existence are a pest or threat
It’s not just us humans either, you’d assume if must damage all life or if not all, most
I have a feeling that this is just the tip of the iceberg re: plastics in the body.
Life changes the biosphere and humans have altered it, we have witnessed changes in the ozone layer and changes in climate, rubbish in the oceans and waterways and plastic going everywhere, rubbish in space and future space launches threaten the atmosphere. More work will be needed to reduce these threats.
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Tau.Neutrino said:
Cymek said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Scientists discover how nanoplastics disrupt brain energy metabolismScientists from the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI) have discovered how nanoplastics—even smaller than microplastics—disrupt energy metabolism in brain cells. Their findings may have implications for better understanding neurodegenerative diseases characterized by declining neurological or brain function, and even shed new light on issues with learning and memory.
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One wonders if planets need an intelligent species or if they by their very existence are a pest or threat
It’s not just us humans either, you’d assume if must damage all life or if not all, most
I have a feeling that this is just the tip of the iceberg re: plastics in the body.
Life changes the biosphere and humans have altered it, we have witnessed changes in the ozone layer and changes in climate, rubbish in the oceans and waterways and plastic going everywhere, rubbish in space and future space launches threaten the atmosphere. More work will be needed to reduce these threats.
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You do wonder if we could cause our own extinction by this very pedestrian method
No going out in ball of flame but slowly damaging everything so life doesn’t work properly
The very mechanism itself interrupted by plastic in everything
Cymek said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Cymek said:One wonders if planets need an intelligent species or if they by their very existence are a pest or threat
It’s not just us humans either, you’d assume if must damage all life or if not all, most
I have a feeling that this is just the tip of the iceberg re: plastics in the body.
Life changes the biosphere and humans have altered it, we have witnessed changes in the ozone layer and changes in climate, rubbish in the oceans and waterways and plastic going everywhere, rubbish in space and future space launches threaten the atmosphere. More work will be needed to reduce these threats.
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You do wonder if we could cause our own extinction by this very pedestrian method
No going out in ball of flame but slowly damaging everything so life doesn’t work properly
The very mechanism itself interrupted by plastic in everything
I guess filtering technologies will improve, I hope so.
Tau.Neutrino said:
Cymek said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
I have a feeling that this is just the tip of the iceberg re: plastics in the body.
Life changes the biosphere and humans have altered it, we have witnessed changes in the ozone layer and changes in climate, rubbish in the oceans and waterways and plastic going everywhere, rubbish in space and future space launches threaten the atmosphere. More work will be needed to reduce these threats.
.
.
You do wonder if we could cause our own extinction by this very pedestrian method
No going out in ball of flame but slowly damaging everything so life doesn’t work properly
The very mechanism itself interrupted by plastic in everything
I guess filtering technologies will improve, I hope so.
hey imagine if there were already a portable wearable pretty cheap easily accessible filter technology that not only prevents lung infections from viruses and bacteria but also lung cancers from smoke and would also block the inhalation of milli micro nano plastics
wait
SCIENCE said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Cymek said:
You do wonder if we could cause our own extinction by this very pedestrian method
No going out in ball of flame but slowly damaging everything so life doesn’t work properly
The very mechanism itself interrupted by plastic in everything
I guess filtering technologies will improve, I hope so.
hey imagine if there were already a portable wearable pretty cheap easily accessible filter technology that not only prevents lung infections from viruses and bacteria but also lung cancers from smoke and would also block the inhalation of milli micro nano plastics
wait
Yes and these ones as well.
Plastic filtering for:
Filtering plastic from air in homes
Filtering plastic from drinking water.
Filltering plastic from air in office buildings, factories.
Filtering plastic from air in airplanes.
Filtering plastic from air in trains.
Filtering plastic from air in cars.
Filtering plastics from heavy industry.
Anywhere where there is a lot of plastic.
Adding plastic particle sensors and displaying plastic ppm to air health monitoring systems.
Many air filters use hepa filters and many existing filtering systems can be used.
Plastic in cars and homes.
Almost 50% of Microplastic Pollution Comes From Cars. Here’s Why.
Filtering plastic from air and drinking water in ocean liners.
Detection.
Monitoring.
Filtering.
Tau.Neutrino said:
Detection.
Monitoring.
Filtering.
I wonder which car 🚗 has the best in cabin air filtering system?
I know mine has one but it’s leaky so maybe a better after market one that does stop plastic aad tyre particles from getting through.
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Detection.
Monitoring.
Filtering.
I wonder which car 🚗 has the best in cabin air filtering system?
I know mine has one but it’s leaky so maybe a better after market one that does stop plastic aad tyre particles from getting through.
Another factor is how air tight the vehicle is.
And mine is a bit leaky in various places around the doors, so I’ll have that looked at.
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Detection.
Monitoring.
Filtering.
I wonder which car 🚗 has the best in cabin air filtering system?
I know mine has one but it’s leaky so maybe a better after market one that does stop plastic aad tyre particles from getting through.
Another factor is how air tight the vehicle is.
And mine is a bit leaky in various places around the doors, so I’ll have that looked at.
And there are these
Ebay > 12 volt air purifiers for car
Amazon
Google shopping
Aliexpress
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Divine Angel said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Measurements suggest we inhale 68,000 lung-penetrating microplastics daily in our homes and cars
Do those air quality monitors for homes monitor plastic particles in the air?
Not usually, unless there’s someone fancy new version I’m unaware of. The good ones normally measure things like formaldehyde particles, dander, dust. The average ones only measure various gases.
uh we’re no particle physicists but ¿ surely plastic particles count as dust
Does Melbourne vacuum waste rubber from busy roads?