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LA Times: Chemical industry knew for decades that microplastics invade the body

Story spreads across Reddit, Bluesky and aggregators

5 Oct 26 9:43 AM · 13d ago · 3 posts · 3 sources · development 5 of 5

The LA Times investigation was shared and discussed across Reddit, Bluesky, Mastodon and Hacker News, with posts highlighting the 1974 NYC meeting and the decades-long industry awareness.

“A "horror story" was how one company executive described how that research was received.”

Unnamed chemical company executive, Industry executive (quoted in internal documents) · hn ↗

Gerhard Volkheimer Berlin researcherMatthew Campen Professor of pharmaceutical research, University of New MexicoTracey Woodruff Professor of epidemiology, Stanford UniversityCraig Davis Senior director of plastics chemistry, American Chemistry Council

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Peak 9 pieces in 4h at Oct 26, 3 AM; 30 pieces over 18 days (18 articles · 12 posts) Oct 21, 7 AM — 1 piece · 1 article — Google News 1Oct 21, 11 AM — quietOct 21, 3 PM — quietOct 21, 7 PM — quietOct 21, 11 PM — quietOct 22, 3 AM — 4 pieces · 4 articles — Google News 4Oct 22, 7 AM — quietOct 22, 11 AM — 1 piece · 1 article — Google News 1Oct 22, 3 PM — quietOct 22, 7 PM — quietOct 22, 11 PM — quietOct 23, 3 AM — quietOct 23, 7 AM — quietOct 23, 11 AM — quietOct 23, 3 PM — quietOct 23, 7 PM — 1 piece · 1 post — Mastodon 1Oct 23, 11 PM — quietOct 24, 3 AM — quietOct 24, 7 AM — quietOct 24, 11 AM — quietOct 24, 3 PM — quietOct 24, 7 PM — quietOct 24, 11 PM — quietOct 25, 3 AM — 2 pieces · 1 article · 1 post — Mastodon 2Oct 25, 7 AM — quietOct 25, 11 AM — 1 piece · 1 article — Google News 1Oct 25, 3 PM — quietOct 25, 7 PM — quietOct 25, 11 PM — quietOct 26, 3 AM — 9 pieces · 8 articles · 1 post — Google News 7, Mastodon 2Oct 26, 7 AM — 2 pieces · 2 posts — Hacker News 1, Reddit 1Oct 26, 11 AM — quietOct 26, 3 PM — quietOct 26, 7 PM — quietOct 26, 11 PM — 2 pieces · 2 posts — Bluesky 1, Hacker News 1Oct 27, 3 AM — quietOct 27, 7 AM — 3 pieces · 1 article · 2 posts — Newswires 1, Hacker News 1, Mastodon 1Oct 27, 11 AM — quietOct 27, 3 PM — quietOct 27, 7 PM — 1 piece · 1 post — Mastodon 1Oct 27, 11 PM — 1 piece · 1 article — Google News 1Oct 28, 3 AM — 2 pieces · 2 posts — Mastodon 2Oct 28, 7 AM — quietOct 28, 11 AM — quietOct 28, 3 PM — quietOct 28, 7 PM — quietOct 28, 11 PM — quietOct 29, 3 AM — quietOct 29, 7 AM — quietOct 29, 11 AM — quietOct 29, 3 PM — quietOct 29, 7 PM — quietOct 29, 11 PM — quietOct 30, 3 AM — quietOct 30, 7 AM — quietOct 30, 11 AM — quietOct 30, 3 PM — quietOct 30, 7 PM — quietOct 30, 11 PM — quietOct 31, 3 AM — quietOct 31, 7 AM — quietOct 31, 11 AM — quietOct 31, 3 PM — quietOct 31, 7 PM — quietOct 31, 11 PM — quietNov 1, 2 AM — quietNov 1, 6 AM — quietNov 1, 10 AM — quietNov 1, 2 PM — quietNov 1, 6 PM — quietNov 1, 10 PM — quietNov 2, 2 AM — quietNov 2, 6 AM — quietNov 2, 10 AM — quietNov 2, 2 PM — quietNov 2, 6 PM — quietNov 2, 10 PM — quietNov 3, 2 AM — quietNov 3, 6 AM — quietNov 3, 10 AM — quietNov 3, 2 PM — quietNov 3, 6 PM — quietNov 3, 10 PM — quietNov 4, 2 AM — quietNov 4, 6 AM — quietNov 4, 10 AM — quietNov 4, 2 PM — quietNov 4, 6 PM — quietNov 4, 10 PM — quietNov 5, 2 AM — quietNov 5, 6 AM — quietNov 5, 10 AM — quietNov 5, 2 PM — quietNov 5, 6 PM — quietNov 5, 10 PM — quietNov 6, 2 AM — quietNov 6, 6 AM — quietNov 6, 10 AM — quietNov 6, 2 PM — quietNov 6, 6 PM — quietNov 6, 10 PM — quietYesterday, 2 AM — quietYesterday, 6 AM — quietYesterday, 10 AM — quietYesterday, 2 PM — quietYesterday, 6 PM — quietYesterday, 10 PM — quietToday, 2 AM — quietToday, 6 AM — quietToday, 10 AM — quiet 123–5
1Earlier coverage links microplastics to…2Nature-based reporting says microplastics…3–5Story spreads across Reddit, Bluesky and…
Oct 23Oct 25Oct 27Oct 29Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4now · 11:58 AM ET

Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 2 claims were published in its stretch

  1. 2 outlets Industry Knew for Decades That Microplastics Could Infiltrate Human Bodies

    first by Yale E360, 12d ago · also Yahoo

  2. 1 outlet Duff’s Had Enough: Microplastics are symptom of plastic pollution crisis

    first by The Post, 11d ago

What people said 5 voices · verbatim

All 5 developments of LA Times: Chemical industry knew for decades that… →

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