git [he/him, comrade/them] to [email protected]English • 8 months agoMicroplastics are infiltrating brain tissue, studies show: ‘There’s nowhere left untouched’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1135cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1135external-linkMicroplastics are infiltrating brain tissue, studies show: ‘There’s nowhere left untouched’www.theguardian.comgit [he/him, comrade/them] to [email protected]English • 8 months agomessage-square76fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareDolores [love/loves]linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-28 months ago forever chemical plastics plastics are not “forever chemicals” god that term fucking sucks
minus-squaresinstrium [none/use name]linkfedilinkEnglish3•8 months agoThey should have just called them polyfluoroalkyls or something, but no “forever chemicals” just sounds more like dooooooooooomm
minus-squareDolores [love/loves]linkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agoi can appreciate journalists can’t say technical words but the emphasis is on the wrong characteristic and clearly people confuse the term for other things that are long-lasting. couldda called em cancer juice
plastics are not “forever chemicals” god that term fucking sucks
Hope you have a better day tomorrow.
They should have just called them polyfluoroalkyls or something, but no “forever chemicals” just sounds more like dooooooooooomm
i can appreciate journalists can’t say technical words but the emphasis is on the wrong characteristic and clearly people confuse the term for other things that are long-lasting. couldda called em cancer juice