What if the perceived increase in numbers of androgenous and trans people has a chemical basis: chemicals from plastics interfering with the endocrine system.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9885170/
Holy shit, how is this not a super high priority right now? Not because of trans people but the conclusion that microplastics interfere with hormones seems super fucked up
Funny enough, I think that all started with a study about hormone mimicking plastics.
Oh God was Alex Jones right?
https://youtu.be/9JRLCBb7qK8?si=C_khzSekemPIRNS1
I was reading What to expect before you're expecting and it says to stay away from any food that comes in any kind of plastic, esp if the plastic container needs to be heated/re-heated.
It says when it gets into your blood stream your body thinks it's estrogen.
The most fucked up part is the EPA says the risk is very low. Probably because plastics are literally everywhere, and banning them at this point would cause an economic catastrophe. Which it def would.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/bpa/faq-20058331
This is an article about BPAs, but they are just the tip of the iceberg of the phtalates - chemicals used to make plastic more durable.
It's soo depressing that it's not available in my country. Truly marvelous.
The meme was implying it’s only serious now because it’s impacting humans. It didn’t mention “wild animals and nonhuman fetuses.”
Well what do you expect us to do about it; completely change our way of living as we know it and have been choosing not to do so for the past 50 years?
not using plastic things one time and then throwing them away would be a good start...
New cyberpunk future just dropped:
Companies mimic existing console terms and agreement whereby their products are still their property despite you having bought them, and can now demand ownership over fetuses as they are now at least 1% company property. WW3 will be between the Applings, Googlers and Amazonites. Personally I'm rooting for Amazon because out of those three they've already gone the cool route with how they've mentally roboticized their work force; exchanging parts of their bodies with actual machine parts is just the next logical step and will help them do their jobs better and faster. The Googlers will still have an edge because they know where everything is, and they know how it all works. The Applings? They're the scrappy underdogs just like they are today; no one thinks Apple can keep up and they keep dicing with death but keep winning even though the odds have been stacked against them; Apple's the plucky underdog it's always been, coming up with brand new gadgets every single time.
Honestly corporations keep showing us a brighter and cooler future! If we're lucky, blade runner and cyberpunk 2077 will just be the tip of the iceberg.
The secret in all this though? Everyone cuts a deal with the Nestlers; they'll own all the water, and that water? Primary source of fetus microplastics; you want to tip the tides in favor of a new legion of Applings in twenty years? You grease the Nestler palm.
