# A PSA: plastic is not going to kill you

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-psa-plastic-is-not-going-to-kill-you/517578>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 14, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-psa-plastic-is-not-going-to-kill-you/517578 "2009-11-14T19:03:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-psa-plastic-is-not-going-to-kill-you/517578/41 "2009-11-17T14:19:34Z")

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> [@Polycarp](#):
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> Ut’s oxygen, I tell you! It’s an irrefutable fact that every person – every single person, 100% – of those who have had cancer have at one time or another inhaled oxygen.

This is… not entirely untrue.

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**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-psa-plastic-is-not-going-to-kill-you/517578/42 "2009-11-17T15:46:31Z")

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> [@FlyingRamenMonster](#):
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> This is… not entirely untrue.

He’s right you know. I had to think about it for a minute, but he’s absolutely right.

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**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-psa-plastic-is-not-going-to-kill-you/517578/43 "2009-11-17T18:43:31Z")

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> [@TBG](#):
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> I bet it causes autism, just like vaccines do! I bet every kid with autism used plastic at some point! Yet here you are, believing these links you found on the internet. How much is big plastic paying them off, I wonder.  
> By the way, I was being sarcastic.

So a flu vaccine from a plastic syringe? :smack:

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