<story><title>Microplastics found in 90 percent of table salt</title><url>https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/10/microplastics-found-90-percent-table-salt-sea-salt/?user.testname=none</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>subcosmos</author><text>This is getting absolutely rediculous ...&lt;p&gt;Epoxy resins may very well have created the Diabetes epidemic, with genetic data backing it.
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;bit.ly&amp;#x2F;2J3Btq5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;bit.ly&amp;#x2F;2J3Btq5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;And the chemical used to make Teflon was dumped into the Mississippi river valley for years, leading to a spate of birth defects and other more common medical problems. Dupont paid hundreds of millions : &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;bit.ly&amp;#x2F;2fFAw9Q&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;bit.ly&amp;#x2F;2fFAw9Q&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Carlin had it right .... &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=7W33HRc1A6c&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=7W33HRc1A6c&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Microplastics found in 90 percent of table salt</title><url>https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/10/microplastics-found-90-percent-table-salt-sea-salt/?user.testname=none</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>burlesona</author><text>This kind of stuff makes me wonder if plastics are to us as lead was to the romans. To useful to avoid even though we know it has risks, but perhaps we don’t appreciate the risks fully... and it’s very difficult to precisely measure exposure or to know how much is safe. The world is complicated. :&amp;#x2F;</text></comment>