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Plastics in everyday objects may disrupt sleep in same way as caffeine, study finds
(www.theguardian.com)
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doubt that. plastics are going to fuck us up but not kill us at least in our youth. which is of course. worse really. If these types of things would kill us and be done with it, that would not be so bad.
Being able to adapt to our environment is part of what made humans the dominant species. We'll lose a significant portion of our population, but we'll survive.
Plastics are already starting to impact our fertility, and that's the nail in the coffin.
Humans are like cancer. Climate change might be removing the tumor, but plastics are the radiation/chemo that kills what's left. Without step 2, the cancer will keep coming back.
Correction:
Humans are not cancer. Capitalism is.
No, humans are. Just look at the entirety of our history.
The world's richest 10% are responsible for two thirds of global heating:
https://www.sciencealert.com/worlds-richest-10-caused-two-thirds-of-global-heating-study-finds
Guess how they got so filthy rich? Capitalism.
Millions and millions of people work hard every single day, for low pay and zero recognition, protecting, researching, and restoring wilderness around the world.
Millions and millions of people are concerned about climate change, and have changed their lifestyles in order to try to help and reduce the strain on our planet.
Buddy, the rich have been exploiting the masses and ruining the environment for basically all of written human history. Capitalism may have sped it up, but it's not some new behavior that sprang up out of nowhere.
Capitalism is a product of humans, and humans have always either been shitty and exploitative, or willing to let it happen to protect what they have. No matter what system of government or economics you come up with, humans will eventually corrupt it. I believe our ability to do so is our species's Great Filter.
The people who have fought against these behaviors were outliers.