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papad622 t1_jclekxe wrote

Reply to comment by saywherefore in If UV radiation is used to disinfect and sterilise things then why isn't everything the sun touches (your skin, the sidewalk etc) sterile? by Critwhoris

Plastic bottles in the sun….Wellp I ingested a credit cards worth of micro plastics but at least the germs were gone!

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BloodshotPizzaBox t1_jclnk7v wrote

Well, over 3 million people die each year from waterborne pathogens. I can assure you that germs are the much bigger problem to have here.

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runner64 t1_jclmqo7 wrote

Microplastics will kill you in 20 years but dysentary will kill you tomorrow.

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