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  • FreeBeard@slrpnk.nettomemes@lemmy.worldWe carry on....
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    The toxicity of micro plastics is very minor. To get to the point where it is a problem you need to be exposed to it for a very long time.

    I think our asbestos is halogenated organic chemicals like PFAS. They are toxic in every way and we are addicted to their use in food chemistry. Not to eat or anything but to make the packaging look nice.

    Because they are indestructible by any natural way their dose in the water supply is ever rising. The cost of health issues is already in the hundred billions.

    Micro plastics might be a problem for our children when the dosage in clean water gets to extreme levels.


  • I don’t believe I’m underwater civilized life. Think about the main two technical advancements that were crucial to our development: The wheel and fire. Both make living more energy efficient by saving energy and getting more from food.

    But both are impossible in water. The high resistance of water (Vs air) is physically impossible to overcome and hot stuff is impossible to contain without advanced technology.

    Without lungs octopuses wont make it far if you ask me.



  • In similarity to coffee: Consider very small producers. The problem with coffe and chocolate is that the real taste only results from the last production steps (after fermentation and roasting). That means that companies that buy from many small farms (sometimes hundreds) have no clue which farm did it the best and thus the farmers also don’t know it.

    But because only the farmers have a really strong influence on the quality of the chocolate they need to know if what they did was right.

    Now a small company might have their own farms or work with very few suppliers they can give feedback about the quality. The farmers can produce better raw chocolate beans and the chocolate tastes best.

    Also because the farmers learn their worth we westeners can’t exploit them so nicely and we avoid slavery.