ON TWITTER
#MICROPLASTICS
Babies have up to 15 times more microplastics in their faeces than adults, researchers from New York University School of Medicine said. They believed this was from chewing dummies and crawling around on floors.
@intrametalyq wrote: “That's what people get for not worrying about pollution.”
@mazbrakin wrote: “This isn’t a problem that should be solved by the end-use consumer. Change needs to happen at the corporate and government level to switch away from plastics.”
@soulmeaning added: “This is terrifying.”
@agnotita said: “Magnificent. This is the next stage of human evolution, integrating plastic into our very selves.”
@123jillwalker reckoned: “Humans are stupid.”
@peachiestkeeen joked: “We're gonna have to start recycling babies now.”
@kutieme888 wrote: “Would love to stop using plastics but how are we going to package meats, fruits and snack foods? There's currently no good plastic alternatives that can remain shelf stable over time.”
@hubbub207 tweeted: “They studied six babies in New York. I think the conclusions of this article are somewhat hyperbolic and premature. Agree microplastics are a problem though."
Facebook and sister sites Whatsapp and Instagram went offline yesterday afternoon.
@kunalyadav said: “People are on Twitter to check if Whatsapp, Facebook and Instagram is down or not. Just wondering how will we ever find out if these apps are down or not if all these go down together.”
@Riotfest added: “Facebook and Instagram are down. Today is going to be a good day.”
@cmclymer noted: “Facebook and Instagram are both down worldwide one day after a damning 60 Minutes segment that featured former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen taking the company's awfulness to task.”
@b184 wrote: “Facebook and Instagram are down at the moment... so what, I use neither of these.”
@Tblountnews wrote: “What a shock. Facebook and Instagram are down the day after the whistleblower goes public.”