• tae glas [siad/iad]@slrpnk.net
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    1 day ago

    *mice fathers’ microplastic exposure tied to their mice children’s metabolic problems

    i know it’s mentioned in the article, but it feels like a pretty misleading title to omit that this study wasn’t done on humans

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      17 hours ago

      That being said, mice have such similar physiology to us it’'s likely that what occurs in them probably occurs in us.

      It definitely requires a LOT more research, but to poopoo this as “OnLy In mIcE” brushes away the reality of the harm plastic exposure is doing to us.

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        15 hours ago

        oh absolutely! it’s vital research & the article seems well-written but still accessible to a lay-person like me.

        my only issue was with the editor or whomever wrote the misleading headline (i was expecting to read about a human father), not the article itself & certainly not the researchers.