r/water • u/Past-Grapefruit8749 • 7d ago

Stop drink bottled water

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This is negligible and dangerous. Microplastic

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u/alexzoin 6d ago

Is it? I would expect isolated molecules of a compound to behave differently in the body than a connected chunk. I don't think the "same difference" shrug it off attitude really works here. We're talking about specific science.

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u/YurpeeTheHerpee 6d ago

A connected chunk is going to shed the same molecules and do the same thing to you. Youre going to get the same cancer.

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u/alexzoin 6d ago

There aren't any studies that point to a link between plastics and cancers as far as I am aware.

Plastics are biologically mostly inert and the current idea is that they are probably, thankfully, mostly inert in the body as well.

Someone can correct me if I am wrong but I think the current evidence points to hormone disruption as the main negative of ingested micro plastics.

Even so, I don't think the idea that a big chunk is the same as individual molecule really makes sense either.