Microplastics found in human poop

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Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/10/23/microplastics-found-in-human-p.html

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that’s ok. human poop has been found in microplastics.

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“And what do you do for a living?”

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Check their diet.

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I liked those. I wonder if they still make them.

ETA alas no they don’t

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“Each gelatinous blob busting in my teeth like some twisted boil full of sugary pus”

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What? You mean that chewing on my sweatshirt’s nylon drawstring while I eat some ramen noodles out of a polystyrene cup might mean that I am ingesting small bits of plastic?

shockhorrorrage

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I knew it.

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Mythbusters proved it…poo is everywhere. It is completely unavoidable.

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That quad espresso is kicking in, got’a go.

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http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/mythbusters-database/fecal-matter-on-toothbrush/

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So you admit it was your poop?

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Guilty as charged. Again…

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Remember Morgellons?

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Now if they found macroplastics…

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This is good news!

When I read the article about micro-plastics in salt, my first thought was this was either going to keep us regular, or accumulate in our bowels til they explode.

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I am not going to google that.

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I ate a single serving of (rather mediocre) salad yesterday out of a plastic container, with a plastic fork, that had been sealed in a plastic wrapper. Croutons I put on my salad that had been in a baggie also, and dressing that I had to buy separately and that came -no surprise- also in plastic.

I felt quite guilty, and happy that that’s far from my usual MO.

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Coming up at 11: Do you and your family have plastic stools? You’re going to want to sit down for this one - or, (#) Two, rather …

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