Stardust_Staubsauger
Stardust_Staubsauger t1_j6as8vm wrote
Reply to comment by Sparkybear in UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year by giuliomagnifico
>Proposed explanations include lifestyle factors (such as diet) and environmental endocrine disruptors, such as those found in plastics
Stardust_Staubsauger t1_j6a09la wrote
Reply to comment by 3meow_ in UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year by giuliomagnifico
Jokes aside: Yes.
Sperm counts had declined by 52.4 percent between 1973 and 2011.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male_infertility_crisis#2010s%E2%80%93present
Stardust_Staubsauger t1_j69wzvj wrote
Reply to comment by -Ch4s3- in UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year by giuliomagnifico
Thats only partly true. The US waste water plans pollute huge amounts of microplastics because they don't implement effective filter systems. The Source of the microplastics are cosmetics and personal care products. Complaining about other continents is easy but maybe put your own house in order first .
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749116309629
Stardust_Staubsauger t1_j69jo8a wrote
Reply to comment by giuliomagnifico in UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year by giuliomagnifico
>UV irradiation enhanced the plastics' toxicity, even for samples initially evaluated as toxicologically inconspicuous. The plastic samples caused oxidative stress (85%), baseline toxicity (42%), antiestrogenicity (40%) and antiandrogenicity (27%)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34004441/
The remaining microplastics are an additional problem.
Stardust_Staubsauger t1_j69dqy5 wrote
Reply to UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year by giuliomagnifico
Which is not really a good thing because it spills a lot of toxins in the breakdown process.
Stardust_Staubsauger t1_iyebb56 wrote
I think every sane person trying to get the whole picture of the cosmos should feel in awe. Being terriefied isn't that far off.
Stardust_Staubsauger t1_j6atyxt wrote
Reply to comment by RigbyRoadIce in UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year by giuliomagnifico
A single plastic product can leach up to 8700 different substances into the water. It totally depends on the materials in particular. Known toxins include bisphenol A (BPA) and PS oligomer, styrene monomer (SM), styrene dimer (SD) and styrene trimer (ST). Styrene is a suspected human carcinogen. Not all substances are yet even catalogarised. But its total toxicity is well known.