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
Opinion
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…”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jan 19, 2024 ▶ 1:26:37 E162: Live from Davos! Milei goes viral, Adam Neumann's headwinds, streaming's broken model & more
Mar 8, 2024
Assertion Supported
Friedberg: Microplastics in arterial plaque increase mortality risk by 4.5x
“The patients that had plastic in their blood had a four and a half times higher ratio or likelihood of having a heart attack, Stroke or death from any cause.”
David Friedberg Mar 8, 2024 ▶ 1:26:51 E169: Elon sues OpenAI, Apple's decline, TikTok ban, Bitcoin $100K?, Science corner: Microplastics
Mar 8, 2024
Assertion Supported
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”
David Friedberg Mar 8, 2024 ▶ 1:27:42 E169: Elon sues OpenAI, Apple's decline, TikTok ban, Bitcoin $100K?, Science corner: Microplastics
May 24, 2024 negative
Assertion Supported
Friedberg: Study finds 328 micrograms of microplastics per gram in human testicles
“Anyway, they got 23, 23 of these balls from these bodies, and they found plastics on average, 328 micrograms per gram of testicle in, in these balls.”
David Friedberg May 24, 2024 ▶ 1:11:11 Scarlett Johansson vs OpenAI, Nvidia's trillion-dollar problem, a vibecession, plastic in our balls
Jan 20, 2025 negative
Assertion Supported
Study shows tea bags release millions of microplastic particles
“So there was a study this week, That showed millions of measurable microplastic particles from each tea bag.”
David Friedberg Jan 20, 2025 ▶ 1:45:12 All-In Inauguration Day Livestream with the Besties from Washington, DC!
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