Yes, like lead in gas/paint, radium in lipstick, freon, asbestos... why not assume it's good, it never backfired...
Feel free to read the thousands of studies on the subject (spoiler alert: none are concluding micro-plastics are good for us nor the environment in general)
> As far as I can tell, humans have been dying from the same illnesses for the past 100-200-300 years
We're talking long term effects of a very recent thing that potentially affects every single one of us. unless you have a crystal ball or studies backing up your skepticism this line of thought isn't very logical. It's like a 22 years old telling you smoking cigarettes is fine because he doesn't have a lung cancer or reduced lung capacity _yet_
Yes, like lead in gas/paint, radium in lipstick, freon, asbestos... why not assume it's good, it never backfired...
Feel free to read the thousands of studies on the subject (spoiler alert: none are concluding micro-plastics are good for us nor the environment in general)
https://scholar.google.de/scholar?q=microplastic+effect+huma...
> As far as I can tell, humans have been dying from the same illnesses for the past 100-200-300 years
We're talking long term effects of a very recent thing that potentially affects every single one of us. unless you have a crystal ball or studies backing up your skepticism this line of thought isn't very logical. It's like a 22 years old telling you smoking cigarettes is fine because he doesn't have a lung cancer or reduced lung capacity _yet_