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jicin@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago

Three sugar cubes worth of plastic enough to kill a puffin, study finds

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Three sugar cubes worth of plastic enough to kill a puffin, study finds

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jicin@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago
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Scientists find tiny amounts can be a ‘fatal dose’ for marine life in the most comprehensive study of its kind
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  • itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml
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    Anything but the metric system

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    How many sugar cubes of plastic just to rough one up a bit?

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      I know a guy who can put you face to beak with a puffin for a 12 pack

  • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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    One sugar cube’s worth of plastic is enough to kill a human.

    It all depends on where you put it.

    • lpinfinity@retrolemmy.com
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      And how fast you put it there

  • SpikesOtherDog@ani.social
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    Metric or US standard sugar cubes?

    • Dave@lemmy.nz
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      Pretty sure they only use US standard sugar cubes to measure peanut oil. Sugar is measured in US standard table tennis balls of volume.

  • BanMe@lemmy.world
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    How much plastic is in a sugar cube, and am I paying extra for it??

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    Great to see all the jokes about the measuring system used.

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    How many football fields is that?

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    Yeah, ummm… we did it for science…

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    So a few monopoly hotels kills birds? Yeah that tracks.

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    Well, what are they going to put in their coffee now?!

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