Why are microplastics bad for our body?
In: Biology
It’s comparable to asbestos, which is microscopic fiberglass. At first it seemed like a good idea to use it as a flame retardant insulation in buildings, but when people inhaled it, it damaged the cells in their lungs. And constant damage followed by repair increases cancer risk. And now there are buildings with asbestos in the walls which are dangerous for people to live in. So we remove it or go work in another building.
So, if we extrapolate, microplastics are the asbestos, tiny things that can damage cells, constantly damaging and repairing cells can cause cancer. And the building is actually the entire world. We can’t just move to another world, so while there is no hard research, people are saying let’s cut back before we have an asbestos filled building that we can’t move out of.
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