microplastics
5 statements across 4 episodes · 0 bullish · 3 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 19, 2024 by Chamath Palihapitiya · across every show →
Everything said about microplastics, oldest first
Jan 19, 2024 negative
Chamath: Environmental factors like microplastics alter human biology over time
“I think that it does alter the phenotype of the human body over time, and I think you'd have to be insane to bet against that, and I suspect when you look at the rates of depression and autism and Alzheimer's and dementia and autoimmune diseases, Crohn's, rheu…”
Mar 8, 2024
Mar 8, 2024
Friedberg: Microplastics bind to human immune cells and trigger severe inflammation
“These little plastic fragments were binding to dendritic cells and monocytes, key cells in the immune system, and when those cells were bound by plastic, they release these cytokines and the pro-inflammatory signals go through the roof”
May 24, 2024 negative