Have you noticed how radically the behavior of people changed since the year 2000?

There is no way this is just media addiction and short form content ruining the attention span. I'm in my 30's everywhere I go, and nearly everyone I talk to on the street or while travelling, it's like I'm talking to people that have been brain damaged and showing signs of chronic distress/fatigue. I understand that I am in an active war zone and people will be severely traumatized but I see the same but to a lesser degree in my US coworkers and friends that I talk to on the daily (those in north-western EU are doing much better). A lot of my friends are having cancers and dying in their late 20's-30's. I've been to more peer funerals in the past 5 years than those of elders, the elders I knew from childhood are doing relatively ok/dying in their late 80's-90s which is expected.

I fear there something horrible happening with all the microplastics that isn't being televised. I am trying to switch to all glass and ceramic containers and avoid plastic bottled water, plastic food wrappers, teflon and synthetic clothing.