[CyberDildonics]

I think the concern was with the plastic money shedding micro plastics

Show me anyone who is actually 'concerned' about that with numbers to back up that there is any significance.

[cubefox]

Here are some numbers (points on the left):

https://hn.algolia.com/?q=microplastics

[CyberDildonics]

This doesn't show anyone concerned about polymer money shedding microplastics and it doesn't show any numbers about how much polymer money sheds microplastics.

What did you think this was evidence of?

[cubefox]

I thought you doubt that people are concerned about microplastics in general, but apparently not.

It's called plastic money by the way, not polymer money.

[CyberDildonics]

It's called plastic money by the way, not polymer money.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer_banknote

[cubefox]

This seems to be just a marketing name. You could equally call plastic cups "polymer cups".

[CyberDildonics]

They are made from synthetic polymer such as biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP).

If you go to a country where they use these, they call them polymer notes.

They are made from a polymer and people that use them call them polymer notes. That's a decent amount of evidence compared to your no evidence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJTLCmIW1rA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BD1xX7c1Jg

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=polymer+banknot...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNKVz933uFw

[pests]

People concerned with _microplastics_.

They don't care where it comes from.

The point being - is money one?

Why be so dismissive?

[CyberDildonics]

Why be so dismissive?

Because there is zero evidence of what you're saying. How much plastic are people surrounded by and how much of that weight is bank notes? How much do they shed? Show some numbers or just use some common sense that this doesn't matter.

[pests]

I don't know! That's why we're asking. Do you know those numbers? If you do then you could enlighten us

[CyberDildonics]

The average household in the uk has 1,136 kg, the equivalent weight of a small car.

https://phys.org/news/2020-06-tool-household-plastics-footpr...

A polymer bank note weighs 0.7g

https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/-/media/boe/files/banknotes/...

If you have 10 bank notes in your wallet, you have 162,285 times as much plastic in your house.

I think most people would have had used some basic common sense that even their trash bags are many times more plastic than the polymer bank notes they use.

Why did you possibly think that anyone should be focused on microplastics from bank notes?

At what point do you go from "just asking questions" to "maybe this is a bizarre thing to focus on" ?