[chiefalchemist]

As I understand it, they took a small sample of brain tissue, extracted the plastic, and then extrapolated that (based on the tissue sample size) over the whole of the brain.

This assumes the presence of plastic is evenly distributed throughout the brain, which isn't necessarily the case.

[medellin]

I would think that we would be seeing a lit more issues if we had that much plastic just in our brain. But maybe our body doesn’t mind all that much. I guess we will see how things play out in another 30 years though.

[chiefalchemist]

Huberman Labs has been mentioning plastics in the body frequently.

Don't laugh, but I'm getting a new toothbrush to be safe.

[mythrwy]

This is one of those headlines that smells like nonsense before even reading the article (doesn't mean it is nonsense, but the quantity advertised seems implausible).

[robocat]

I am hoping that they discover that polyethylene is a natural component of brain chemistry.

[jondwillis]

What about polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride, et. al?