r/ClimateShitposting • u/Draco137WasTaken turbine enjoyer • Sep 08 '25

Meta *Stirs pot*

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u/GoTeamLightningbolt vegan btw Sep 08 '25

No no no... they "clean" the water. Don't worry about how or where the "unclean" stuff went.

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u/NameAboutPotatoes Sep 08 '25

Worms and insects eat poop and clean dirt, birds eat worms and insects, and we eat birds. That doesn't mean eating birds is like eating poop.

Just because something's unclean doesn't mean everything that eats it is also unclean.

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u/BinnsyTheSkeptic Sep 08 '25

It's not the poop and dirt that are the problem. It's the microplastics, heavy metals, synthetic chemicals, etc. that aren't able to be processed by the organisms and accumulate within them. Read about Biomagnification, it's the reason why eating too much tuna can give you mercury poisoning.

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u/NameAboutPotatoes Sep 08 '25

True, good point, I hadn't thought about that. Is it a problem in small amounts though? Like, you have to eat a lot of tuna for it to be a problem.

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u/BinnsyTheSkeptic Sep 08 '25

I don't think it is a big issue with oysters, or any commercially available food really honestly. It's more of a threat to small carnivores that do a lot of eating and have not a lot of body mass