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Plastic Is Forever

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By Maria Carvalho

2022: Microplastics are first detected in human blood.

2025: Evidence mounts that plastic particles have infiltrated every part of the human body. The implications are unclear.

2026: Research confirms that the microplastics inside people are causing everything from Alzheimer’s to aneurysms.

2028: The Plastic-B-Gone extraction system is introduced. People around the world flock to the machines to have their bodies purged of plastic, which is sent to storage tanks.

2029: The plastic in the tanks mutates, its prior exposure to organic matter allowing it to gain sentience.

2030: The plastic army rises up, cleansing the planet of the humans polluting it.

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