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657 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 2 Feb \ on: How Bad Is Plastic? health
I'm aware of the idea that plastics expose us to endocrine disrupting compounds, but I've not seen convincing evidence for the harmfulness of that exposure. I have seen enough, though, to want to reduce my own exposure where possible.
The main way to avoid plastics (and a bunch of other harmful stuff) is increasing the amount of whole foods in your diet; particularly produce and other foods that were never plastic wrapped.
In general, plastics are way too valuable to go back. The only realistic path to eliminate our dependence on plastics is the development of a new material that is superior for those functions.
Bitcoin standard world will be wealthier and wealthier societies use more plastics.
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No. Plastic is unbelievably cheap, so there's almost no way for a new material to come in cheaper.
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I also am not an expert, but my guess would be that it is also a plastic. Whether organic plastics have the same issues as synthetic plastics, I have no idea.
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