Hacker News with Generative AI: Plastic

Heart disease deaths worldwide linked to chemical widely used in plastics (medicalxpress.com)
Daily exposure to certain chemicals used to make plastic household items could be linked to more than 365,000 global deaths from heart disease in 2018 alone, a new analysis of population surveys shows.

Health, Plastic, Chemicals, Science, Environment

256 points by amichail 24 days ago | 167 comments

Researchers discover why plastic sheds dangerous fragments (sciencedaily.com)
The world is littered with trillions of micro- and nanoscopic pieces of plastic. These can be smaller than a virus -- just the right size to disrupt cells and even alter DNA. Researchers find them almost everywhere they've looked, from Antarctic snow to human blood.

Science, Environment, Pollution, Plastic, Health

94 points by docmechanic 45 days ago | 81 comments

Why aren't we losing our minds over the plastic in our brains? (scientificamerican.com)
Our brains are full of plastic.

Neuroscience, Health, Environment, Plastic

95 points by mikhael 97 days ago | 175 comments

Plasticlist Report – Data on plastic chemicals in Bay Area foods (plasticlist.org)

Food, Plastic, Environment, Bay Area, Data

635 points by jeff18 147 days ago | 193 comments

Plastic List (plasticlist.org)

Plastic, Recycling, Sustainability

12 points by alphabetting 147 days ago | 1 comments

Plastic chemical phthalate causes DNA breakage, chromosome defects, study finds (medicalxpress.com)
A new study conducted on roundworms finds that a common plastic ingredient causes breaks in DNA strands, resulting in egg cells with the wrong number of chromosomes.

Science, Health, Genetics, Plastic, Environment

263 points by Jimmc414 210 days ago | 183 comments

Cal. sues ExxonMobil for alleged decades of deception around plastic recycling (cnn.com)

Environment, Lawsuits, ExxonMobil, Plastic, Recycling

5 points by dylan604 242 days ago | 0 comments

Lego to replace oil in its bricks with pricier renewable plastic (reuters.com)

Lego, Sustainability, Renewable Materials, Plastic, Business

65 points by ohjeez 264 days ago | 68 comments

Lego plans to ditch oil in its bricks for pricier renewable plastic (cnn.com)

Sustainability, Lego, Plastic, Business

14 points by cpeterso 267 days ago | 0 comments

Phthalates, Toxic Plastic Additives, Are Everywhere: What's the Acceptable Limit (molecularspec.substack.com)

Chemicals, Health, Environment, Plastic

43 points by adomasm3 347 days ago | 16 comments