I read in SciTechDaily that now we
have to worry about microplastics in our brains.
I had read about loads of microplastics in honey and
decided to refrain from eating it, just in case.
Supposedly we have “a plastic spoon’s” worth
of microplastics in our brains.
It gets far worse.
According to recent research people with
dementia have higher levels of microplastics
in their brains
suggesting that more of us could get
dementia due to our microplastics-ridden
gray matter.
Some sources of this brain plastics problem
are bottled water, plastic tea bags, and plastic
food storage.
This life is like a game of dodging hundreds of
poison darts, some you don’t even see coming at you.
Maybe like insecticide resistance that some insects
have developed against DDT, humans will develop
resistance to microplastics and render it harmless
to them.
Or, perhaps, a pill or a supplement will be developed
to cleanse our brains free of microplastics
until the next menace to our existence takes center
stage in making us sick or killing us.
And as I ponder this microplastics menace,
I’m reminded of the saying, “Ignorance is bliss,”
and I think maybe being blissfully ignorant of
the dangers that assail our health has some
merit.
At least that way, you won’t have to spend
even an iota of time worrying about dreadful
things that might come your way.
Bob Boyd