[FugeDaws]

I mean laugh out of context I dont think anyones specifically laughing at something they didnt know but in the context of smuggness of what we know now

We wont do a damn thing about the dangers of micro plastic now until it gets incredibly bad that we cant ignore it.

Id say they would actually laugh at us for that though in the future

[Lerc]

What are the confirmed dangers of micro plastics?

I'll concede that they are everywhere, and they are detectable. What is the established consensus on the harm that they cause?

[Cthulhu_]

It remains underexplored, but there's many papers released and many studies being done to try and confirm. A big one is hormonal; BPA is a xenoestrogen, emulating the effects of estrogen on human bodies, with studies showing links between it and reduced fertility. There's been ~19000 studies on it so far, most since the 2000s (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=bisphenol+a).

Jump-off points:

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A#Human_safety

[gonzalohm]

Infertility, increased risk of cancer. There are a few research papers about those topics