Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTIL Cigarette butts are the most common form of plastic pollutionwww.earthday.orgexternal-linkmessage-square131fedilinkarrow-up1752arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1740arrow-down1external-linkTIL Cigarette butts are the most common form of plastic pollutionwww.earthday.orgFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square131fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarellama@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoOh, do you know what else? Paint. Apparently, a lot of studies didn’t account for microplastics that came from several types of paint that end up in the environment. Scary stuff.
minus-squareWiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoLike that paint that they use on highways that needs to be reapplied every so often because it disappears Well, it doesn’t just disappear. Microplastics. Highways are doubly bad for plastic waste.
minus-squarellama@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·21 hours agoOh lord… That’s true. I never thought of that. And then we have studies like these. Do you have testicles? Well… You have microplastics in them.
Oh, do you know what else? Paint. Apparently, a lot of studies didn’t account for microplastics that came from several types of paint that end up in the environment. Scary stuff.
Like that paint that they use on highways that needs to be reapplied every so often because it disappears
Well, it doesn’t just disappear. Microplastics. Highways are doubly bad for plastic waste.
Oh lord… That’s true. I never thought of that. And then we have studies like these. Do you have testicles? Well… You have microplastics in them.