Microplastics all the way!

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- Research shows 90% of animal and vegetable protein samples contain microplastics, tiny polymer fragments that can be as small as 1 micrometer.
- Even vegetarians are affected, as fruits and vegetables can absorb microplastics through their root systems, transferring them to various parts of the plant.
- Salt, sugar, and even tea bags are significant sources of microplastic contamination, with coarse Himalayan pink salt and plastic tea bags releasing billions of particles.
- Rice and bottled water are also culprits, with studies showing significant plastic contamination in both, affecting human health.
- Microplastics have been found in human organs and tissues, raising concerns about their impact on health, including increased risks of heart attacks and strokes. 

 Source: [CNN](https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/22/health/plastics-food-wellness-scn/index.html)

Foods Contaminated with Microplastics: A Growing Concern

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- Researchers have found that a shocking amount of microplastics are ending up in our brains, with all 91 brain samples examined containing microplastics.
- The brain samples contained ten to 20 times more microplastics than liver and kidney samples, making human grey matter a major dumping ground for these tiny particulates.
- Some brain samples measured an average of 0.5 percent plastic by weight, with higher concentrations found in individuals who had died of dementia, including Alzheimer's.
- Microplastics have already been found in various body parts, including testicles, penises, semen, arteries, hearts, lungs, and bone marrow, raising concerns about their impact on health.
- Scientists are calling for urgent action to address plastic pollution, with experts declaring it imperative to declare a global emergency. 

 Source: [Futurism](https://futurism.com/neoscope/percentage-brains-microplastics)

Scientists Discover Alarming Levels of Microplastics in Human Brains

- Researchers recommend India to ban **microbeads** in personal care products, aligning with global trends.
- **Microbeads**, a type of microplastic, are used in cosmetics for exfoliation but pose environmental and health risks.
- A study found **microbeads** in 45% of Indian personal care products, despite bans in the **US** and **UK**.
- Microplastics, including microbeads, are linked to health issues and environmental contamination.
- Better labeling, natural substitutes, or outright bans are suggested to combat the issue. 

 Source: [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/23/india-should-consider-ban-on-microbeads-in-personal-care-products-researchers-say)

India Urged to Ban Microbeads in Personal Care Products

India is really not for beginners! How are we even surviving?

- India generates over 10.2 million tons of plastic waste annually, the highest in the world.
- This waste accounts for nearly 20 percent of the global plastic output.
- Researchers highlight a 10-1 ratio of plastic dump sites to sanitary landfills in India.
- Nigeria follows as the second-largest plastic polluter with 3.9 million tons per year.
- High-income countries, despite generating significant waste, have better disposal systems, keeping them out of the top 90 polluters. 

 Source: [The Hill](https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4861923-india-plastic-waste-study/)

India Leads the World in Plastic Waste Production

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To all the Entrepreneurial minds here. If given enough money and resources and time what problem will you solve? 

I’ll go first. If I had enough, I would solve air pollution. I think its a massive massive problem in urban India and will severely affect us in the long run 

What will you solve?

if given enough money and resources, what problem will you solve?

Business Development Manager

Share your billion dollar idea that you are sitting idle on.

What is a unique insight you have that might disrupt an industry?

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Indian tourism

Well, shit. Should've drank less with plastic straws!

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A little about myself: 22, just graduated Btech CS from tier 1 college, got placed in a few tier 1 companies, baniya (relevant), and good at engineering in general ( won several actually honourable awards internationally, from government of India, some IIT random techfests, etc). Point of telling this being to get some credibility for the readers so that they don’t take me as a young dumb overconfident 20yr old. (maybe I am?)
I really want to earn money, probably in my genes, my father wants the same for me. My dad has a decent wholesale business (around 1cr per year profit) and I don’t mind moving in it as well. It’s recommended to stay sometime in corporate to learn the nitty gritties of life and other aspects. I don’t mind that either.
Personally, I want to get into entrepreneurship, but again it’s easier said that done, how to start, idea, implementation and everything else it’s just the tip of the iceberg. People of my age (some of them being close to me as well) have started their ventures and have got funding upto 500k USD and it makes me jls.
I’ll be probably joining an MNC and will stay for around 1 year and then see how it goes.
I’ll be really helpful if fellow grapeviners can shed some words of wisdom on how to go on here to a startup/business/high earning journey?

Business vs job, 22M need career advice

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Who is the best competitor for Millipore single use filters used at Pharma industry?

Bast competitor for Millipo

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Cars are a terrible way of transporting people, they take up a lot of space and slow down traffic movement. SF has the best and widest freeways but has the worst traffic. Being a middle income nation about to invest in infra, we have to make a choice if we want to go the American way? Or can we come up with an Indian solution.

After a decade of flyover construction, it might be too late. We will end up with even larger city with 4X the road length and much worse traffic.

I believe in the European approach of paid entry for cars in Central Business District to discourage car ridership and funding Public Transport.

Infra isnt a problem, cars are...

Investment Manager

Materialism and Consumerism is causing more problems. It's not sustainable in long run!

I became minimalist in 2018-19 and now I spend very less on unnecessary items. Especially clothes, impulsive marketing driven shopping etc. I feel more content and happy after being minimalist

Minimalism is the way forward, agree?

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Which PLM is best to pursue ?

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There’s no way MamaEarth is worth 10,000 crores, I mean their products are shit, they don’t even manufacture their own products, they don’t have any patents. It’s essentially just a marketing company who have managed to sell mediocre products under the disguise of “toxin-free”.
I really wished their IPO would fail 🥲

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