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minus-squarenomy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-25 hours agoI could see this being true, my personal conspiracy theory follows yours but is plastics specifically. In 50 years we’ll look back on the age of plastic the same way we look back at leaded gas or asbestos.
minus-squareArchimedes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoThere’s the whole endocrine inhibitor plastic contamination of literally everything thing. But surely a hormone blocking compound being present in all foods, ground water, soil, oceans and atmosphere wouldn’t be related to this.
minus-squarepiccolo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-25 hours agoIirc, some plastics can act similar to estrogen… so your theory probably holds more truth than you like.
I could see this being true, my personal conspiracy theory follows yours but is plastics specifically. In 50 years we’ll look back on the age of plastic the same way we look back at leaded gas or asbestos.
There’s the whole endocrine inhibitor plastic contamination of literally everything thing.
But surely a hormone blocking compound being present in all foods, ground water, soil, oceans and atmosphere wouldn’t be related to this.
Iirc, some plastics can act similar to estrogen… so your theory probably holds more truth than you like.