git [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agoMicroplastics are infiltrating brain tissue, studies show: ‘There’s nowhere left untouched’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1145arrow-down10
arrow-up1145arrow-down1external-linkMicroplastics are infiltrating brain tissue, studies show: ‘There’s nowhere left untouched’www.theguardian.comgit [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-squareCthulhusIntern [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·3 months agoIt gets worse, it’s inherently difficult to study this. There have been attempts to study the effects of microplastics in humans, but every time, those studies have to be canceled, because they can’t find a control group.
minus-squareun_mask_me [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 months agoA control group being people without plastics already present? Got any links for this, I am curious.
minus-squarehungrybread [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoDoesn’t that imply that the control group are the people riddled with plastic 🤔?
It gets worse, it’s inherently difficult to study this. There have been attempts to study the effects of microplastics in humans, but every time, those studies have to be canceled, because they can’t find a control group.
A control group being people without plastics already present? Got any links for this, I am curious.
Doesn’t that imply that the control group are the people riddled with plastic 🤔?