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bucolic_frolic

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1. This will take decades to probe

Reply to nitpicked (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2026, 08:53 AM

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Does the plastic coagulate, lubricate, polish itself with circulation? Is it coming from packaging, cooking? Most everything from the supermarket is packed in plastic. Do we piss it out? Is our liver processing it? Part of bile, digestion, breakdown, re-uptake, and excrement?

That's what we need to know now. Once ingested, where does it go? Can we change our food habits so that as much is excreted as is ingested.

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