I don't like plastic in the air any more than anyone else does, but<p>1) stop wearing those stupid fucking polyester hoodies (and other artificial fibers; aka your socks, gym shirts and underpants) -that's where most of it comes from. I'm looking at you, SF hacker nerds.<p>2) Even assuming the entire population of the Western US breathed all that plastic waste in and it was permanently deposited in the lungs:<p>1000e3 kg/ 100e6 people = 0.01kg or 10g plastic each person accumulated in their lungs. In a year. Pretty sure I have more shit in my lungs from being around diesel engines for a few days, or, like being around potheads.