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My take is that plastics are the new asbestos. It's just harder to prove it, but at some point we're going to have that eureka moment Glass, silicone and plant
by airstrike 6y ago
My take is that plastics are the new asbestos. It's just harder to prove it, but at some point we're going to have that eureka moment
Glass, silicone and plant-based materials are the logical solution here
- colordrops 6y agoWhy is silicone any better than plastic?
- polotics 6y agoSilicium is certainly going to be a lot more inert than synthetic carbon chains polymers inside you.
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- bcrosby95 6y agoI don't understand the attractiveness of plastic for stuff when perfectly good alternatives exist. People have been using glass for hundreds of years and I'm not aware of any studies showing it's harmful. We used glass bottles for milk when our kids were young. The only people to ever break them was us: around 3 total during the course of raising 3 kids.
- jmnicolas 6y agoIt's just convenient not to have to wash the cup. At work I have a glass mug for coffee, but I still use paper cups for water. If I replace it with glass it means I will now have 2 things to wash.
- misterhtmlcss 6y agoThat's some interesting calculus there. You don't want to wash 2 cups for a total time investment of 60 seconds, so you choose to generate extraordinary waste to save 30 seconds, damage the environment and your health. Makes complete sense to me.
- mdoms 6y agoNot to mention if you're using the cup for only water and you're the only user then you can easily get away with washing it once a week or less. Washing a water glass after every usage is extraordinarily wasteful.
- Skunkleton 6y agoMy solution saves all 60 seconds. I just use my coffee cup for water and never wash it. I wish I was joking.
- kazinator 6y agoYou can use your coffee cup for coffee and hardly wash it.
- zhte415 6y agoWould the coffee mug, on a scale of not-very-hard-things-to rinse, not be far harder on that not-very-hard-scale to rinse than a mug used for water?
- p1mrx 6y agoYou don't need to wash a coffee mug because coffee is magic.
- vinni2 6y ago> It's just convenient not to have to wash the cup. What about the dish washer? Isn’t that convenient? If it is environmentally friendly or not that’s another question.
- hyko 6y agoBecause perfectly good alternatives don’t exist? i.e. glass is far more expensive to produce and ship, it’s heavy and brittle etc. Glasses are great, and have some wonderful properties, but so do the the various plastics–they’re responsible for raising living standards for millions of people.
- pgt 6y agoGlass is heavy and shatters on impact into many sharp pieces that can cut you. Plastic bounces.
- PaywallBuster 6y agoSee Endocrine disruptors[1] It's effects on people's hormones are just starting to be understood and known. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endocrine_disruptor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endocrine_disruptor
- KozmoNau7 6y agoGlass, ceramics, wood and metal are my preferred materials in the kitchen especially. I do have plastic containers for storage, but I try to avoid heating anything in them. I've also settled on stainless steel, carbon steel and (enameled) cast iron for cookware, rather than non-stick. Wood and metal utensils just feel better in the hand than plastic ones. I'm not sure whether the eureka moment you're talking about has already happened, with our discovery of just how prevalent microplastics are everywhere in the environment now.
- powersnail 6y agoFor me, kitchen tools are mostly metal and wood, with a few silicone spatulas. Containers are mostly ceramics, with some glasses. The only plastics in kitchen necessary for me are cling wraps. There are a few other hings out of my control: the nob of the pot lid and the dish soap container. But they all have viable alternatives if the manufacturers are willing. Plastic cups, plates, bowls are unsafe close to heat sources, a lot harder to clean than everything else, and just feels cheap. I really don't get the popularity of plastics in kitchen.
- hyko 6y agoNot really. it’s just harder to prove it means that this is not like asbestos. When the harmful effects of asbestos were first learned, sick and dead people showed up and then a relationship between asbestos dose and illness was subsequently established.