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   Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her) (susankayequinn@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 15-Feb-2025 02:38:23 JST Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her)

   my friends, I say to you, we need to reduce plastics in our lives

   "nearly 60% of about 250 people who were undergoing heart surgery had micro- or nanoplastics in a main artery. Those who did were 4.5 times more likely to experience a heart attack, a stroke or death"

   https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00405-8

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     Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her) (susankayequinn@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 15-Feb-2025 02:38:15 JST Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her)

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     More on this: https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/health/plastics-inside-human-brain-wellness/index.html

     https://www.ecowatch.com/avoid-microplastics-at-home-2655282616.html

     https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/2024/11/top-5-ways-reduce-your-microplastic-exposure

     https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2024/02/427161/how-to-limit-microplastics-dangers

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     Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her) (susankayequinn@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 15-Feb-2025 02:38:18 JST Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her)

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     I see folks taking a *shrug* what can you do?? approach to microplastics and I encourage you *not* to do that.

     First, vote/advocate for reducing plastics everywhere you can.

     There's no way a spoon's worth of microplastics in your brain is *good* for you.

     And they're everywhere.

     But you can filter your water, don't store in plastic, vacuum w/HEPA, switch to products w/out plastic, cut open tea bags, etc.

     I've got a list of like 25 things that I'm doing, most very small, to reduce exposure.

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     Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her) (susankayequinn@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 15-Feb-2025 02:39:15 JST Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her)

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     It's an uphill battle because the fossil fuel industry is working overtime to INCREASE the amount of plastics in our lives, convincing every company to shove more plastic into everything. This is because they fear reduced FF usage (solar,EVs): their plans are to *triple* plastics use by 2050 😡