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OT - NO POLITICS Happy Holidays Edition
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I love all women. youre amazing. but god damn. i am so confused by some things.
AngryMilkcrates
End of an Era
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Bad news for us teetotalers:
Scientists Warn of Harmful Release From Tea Bags
Drinking tea from plastic-containing tea bags could expose you to billions of nano- and microplastics with every sip, putting your health at risk.
However, they do know that they release chemicals called endocrine disrupters, which are believed to disrupt human hormones and increase the risk of certain cancers.
Microplastics may also increase the risk of cancers by interacting with genetic material in our cells.
Food, packaging and kitchenware are major sources of plastic pollution, but scientists do not yet know exactly how they impact our health.
However, they do know that they release chemicals called endocrine disrupters, which are believed to disrupt human hormones and increase the risk of certain cancers.
Microbiologists at the Independent University of Barcelona (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, UAB), Spain, recently studied plastic released by three different tea bags and their effect on human cells.
Ricardo Marcos Dauder, one of the study authors from UAB, told Newsweek that, when scientists talk about microplastics, they don't just mean plastic that degrades and produces small pieces of plastic, but pieces of plastic that can be easily measured in micrometers: between 1 and 1000 micrometers, equivalent to one thousandth to one millimeter.
This study specifically looked at nanoplastics, measured between 1 and 1000 nanometers—which is even smaller.
"All the data shows that the smaller the size, the higher the uptake [of plastic] into the cells," said Dauder. "The smaller the size, the higher the risk."
The microbiologists found that commercially available tea bags released huge amounts of plastic particles into hot water when brewed, experimenting on tea bags made from three plastics: polymers called polypropylene, nylon-6 and cellulose.
They found that tea bags containing polypropylene released approximately 1.2 billion particles of plastic per drop—or milliliter—of tea. Those containing cellulosed released 135 million particles per drop and nylon-6 released 8.18 million particles per drop.
Then, the scientists stained the particles and exposed them to various cells from a human intestine, to track how they might interact inside the body once ingested.
After 24 hours, a specific type of digestive cell that produces mucus in the intestines had absorbed considerable amounts of micro and nanoplastics. The plastics had even entered the nucleus of some of these cells, which is where genetic material is kept.
This suggests that digestive mucus might play a key role in absorbing micro and nanoplastics into the body before they are transported into the bloodstream and elsewhere in the body.
Dauder said that nanoplastics could easily "cross biological barriers" into the blood and then affect different organs. Inside cells, they could disrupt mitochondria, the "energy factory" of each cell, and our DNA, increasing the risk of cancer.
"Carcinogenesis is really related to genotoxicity, or to damage to the DNA," said Dauder.
Scientists Warn of Harmful Release From Tea Bags
Drinking tea from plastic-containing tea bags could expose you to billions of nano- and microplastics with every sip, putting your health at risk.
However, they do know that they release chemicals called endocrine disrupters, which are believed to disrupt human hormones and increase the risk of certain cancers.
Microplastics may also increase the risk of cancers by interacting with genetic material in our cells.
Food, packaging and kitchenware are major sources of plastic pollution, but scientists do not yet know exactly how they impact our health.
However, they do know that they release chemicals called endocrine disrupters, which are believed to disrupt human hormones and increase the risk of certain cancers.
Microbiologists at the Independent University of Barcelona (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, UAB), Spain, recently studied plastic released by three different tea bags and their effect on human cells.
Ricardo Marcos Dauder, one of the study authors from UAB, told Newsweek that, when scientists talk about microplastics, they don't just mean plastic that degrades and produces small pieces of plastic, but pieces of plastic that can be easily measured in micrometers: between 1 and 1000 micrometers, equivalent to one thousandth to one millimeter.
This study specifically looked at nanoplastics, measured between 1 and 1000 nanometers—which is even smaller.
"All the data shows that the smaller the size, the higher the uptake [of plastic] into the cells," said Dauder. "The smaller the size, the higher the risk."
The microbiologists found that commercially available tea bags released huge amounts of plastic particles into hot water when brewed, experimenting on tea bags made from three plastics: polymers called polypropylene, nylon-6 and cellulose.
They found that tea bags containing polypropylene released approximately 1.2 billion particles of plastic per drop—or milliliter—of tea. Those containing cellulosed released 135 million particles per drop and nylon-6 released 8.18 million particles per drop.
Then, the scientists stained the particles and exposed them to various cells from a human intestine, to track how they might interact inside the body once ingested.
After 24 hours, a specific type of digestive cell that produces mucus in the intestines had absorbed considerable amounts of micro and nanoplastics. The plastics had even entered the nucleus of some of these cells, which is where genetic material is kept.
This suggests that digestive mucus might play a key role in absorbing micro and nanoplastics into the body before they are transported into the bloodstream and elsewhere in the body.
Dauder said that nanoplastics could easily "cross biological barriers" into the blood and then affect different organs. Inside cells, they could disrupt mitochondria, the "energy factory" of each cell, and our DNA, increasing the risk of cancer.
"Carcinogenesis is really related to genotoxicity, or to damage to the DNA," said Dauder.
NeelyDan
Owned by Alicat, Ladyfan and caz16
My boss rocks, she gave me all of today as well as tomorrow off, plus I only have to work half days Thursday & Friday
LSCII
Cup driven
NeelyDan
Owned by Alicat, Ladyfan and caz16
Just got in trouble at this party I’m at by saying “and the skor pieces were hand crushed” mockingly as my girl put her dessert down
Fellas what’s my approach here
Fellas what’s my approach here
TP70BruinsCup
Let’s Go Bruins👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Merry Christmas everyone - have a nice day tomorrow with family & friends……..and food! 
LSCII
Cup driven
May as well double down and go all in at this point because you're f***ed anyways...
NeelyDan
Owned by Alicat, Ladyfan and caz16
This is an example of how I aspire to, yet will never reach, your level Lonnie
In all seriousness, merry Christmas gang - in whatever definition of the term that may be for you - because at the end of the day, it’s at its nature an acknowledgment of the deepest connections in our lives - all of which are crafted through love of one form or another. This place is one of those forms and for that I wish you all the very best.
Drop the mocking tone immediately and get her a drink.
Yes! Grocery store, so it was really a lot of fun since we're helping people with their holiday special orders. The last few were the hard days...
That said, I'd done and what a relief
Donnie Shulzhoffer
Rocket Surgery
Dueling Banjos
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Troublesome 85
TOP RANKED GIRL DAD
Guess looked sad at work and tbh I almost did cry but I have a good GM who jumped in and talked to me. Gave me a good hug too.
We were slow so I got to FT my girls.
Ugh miss them so much
We were slow so I got to FT my girls.
Ugh miss them so much
Donnie Shulzhoffer
Rocket Surgery
How would you know it was a mocking tone?
There are words and intentions. Unless we were there neither of us know.
Troublesome 85
TOP RANKED GIRL DAD
He said “mockingly”:
Just got in trouble at this party I’m at by saying “and the skor pieces were hand crushed” mockingly as my girl put her dessert down
Donnie Shulzhoffer
Rocket Surgery
We weren’t there. A mocking tone can be funny if delivered the right way:
My wife shot me one today that ticked me off for about 3 seconds, I paused, turned around and said.
That was a good one baby! Ya got me on my that one.
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