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minus-squarewabafee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 hours agoGood chance it probably is, possibly increase chance for asthma, chance for heart attack, another is it probably makes us infertile probably a good thing depending how you think of it.
minus-squareNostraDavid@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 hours ago In regards to humans, progress is being made. In coming years, expect greater clarity about effects on our bodies such as: inflammation oxidative stress (an imbalance of free radicals and antioxidants that damages cells) immune responses genotoxicity – damage to the genetic information in a cell that causes mutations, which can lead to cancer. TL;DR yes, cancer. It also fucks with wildlife (blocking intestines, giving off poison)
So what does it do? Cancer?
Good chance it probably is, possibly increase chance for asthma, chance for heart attack, another is it probably makes us infertile probably a good thing depending how you think of it.
TL;DR yes, cancer. It also fucks with wildlife (blocking intestines, giving off poison)