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by userbinator 660 days ago
They're obviously not, or we would've seen the effects by now (around a century of plastics in use.)

Remember when RF was the boogeyman? Paranoia about microwave ovens and cellphones causing cancer and other illnesses?

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Yes but the amount of plastic in use has increased dramatically. Also there’s evidence that the process of recycling plastic is what creates a lot of the problematic microplastics. We only very recently started recycling plastic.