Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 个月前TIL Cigarette butts are the most common form of plastic pollutionwww.earthday.orgexternal-linkmessage-square131fedilinkarrow-up1766arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1753arrow-down1external-linkTIL Cigarette butts are the most common form of plastic pollutionwww.earthday.orgFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 个月前message-square131fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarellama@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·10 个月前Oh, do you know what else? Paint. Apparently, a lot of studies didn’t account for microplastics that came from several types of paint that end up in the environment. Scary stuff.
minus-squareWiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 个月前Like that paint that they use on highways that needs to be reapplied every so often because it disappears Well, it doesn’t just disappear. Microplastics. Highways are doubly bad for plastic waste.
minus-squarellama@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 个月前Oh lord… That’s true. I never thought of that. And then we have studies like these. Do you have testicles? Well… You have microplastics in them.
Oh, do you know what else? Paint. Apparently, a lot of studies didn’t account for microplastics that came from several types of paint that end up in the environment. Scary stuff.
Like that paint that they use on highways that needs to be reapplied every so often because it disappears
Well, it doesn’t just disappear. Microplastics. Highways are doubly bad for plastic waste.
Oh lord… That’s true. I never thought of that. And then we have studies like these. Do you have testicles? Well… You have microplastics in them.