6 ms·
We threw away all our glass containers because they constantly chip. I'm more afraid of ingesting piece of sharp glass than nanoplastics. I don't know why that
by myth_drannon 3y ago
We threw away all our glass containers because they constantly chip. I'm more afraid of ingesting piece of sharp glass than nanoplastics.
I don't know why that keeps happenning, I guess dishwasher's high heat damages the glass or they keep bumping into each other.
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 3y agoYou would poop the glass though
- arsome 3y agoYeah, generally speaking unless it's a very large shard and cuts your esophagus, once it reaches your stomach, acids will knock the edges off and it'll pass without issue.
- thombat 3y agoGastric acid is basically hydrochloric acid, and rather less concentrated than the standard laboratory bench HCl, which stands peaceably for years in glass flasks. I would be wary of assuming that chemical attack will quickly blunt glass shards.
- lostlogin 3y agoI really doubt stomach acid would do anything to glass. Strong acids are regularly stored in glass.
- XorNot 3y agoHCl will do nothing to glass. It's strong bases that will dissolve glass (a little), and your digestive system doesn't have any.
- myth_drannon 3y agowell the pieces are about 5mm. For sure it will cut mouth, throat or something else.
- Karawebnetwork 3y agoIn some cases, probably rare ones, it can lead to perforation of the intestine
- TurkishPoptart 3y agoNo, I think eating glass leads to internal bleeding and could be very bad for you.
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 3y agoI remember being really scared about it and then I vaguely remember some doctor saying most stuff will go through stomach just fine, and that included glass. Memory is fuzzy and I'm definitely not a doctor, so please double check. I'm assuming if you are eating glass, it's a small enough piece that you won't notice, it can be big, you'll notice in your mouth.
- hedgehog 3y agoIt may be how you load, I don't think that's a common issue. Microscopic bits of glass are basically sand though so I wouldn't worry unless there's a lot or it's getting airborne.
- hinkley 3y agoI've given up on teaching my partner how to load a dishwasher. She insists you can fit more into a load. We also have a bunch of chipped plates and mugs. Not on my watch of course.
- idiotsecant 3y agoThat's weird, I pretty much exclusively use glass food storage and it's never chipped. And I just got some random ones off Amazon, not like they're some super high quality or anything
- Ireallyapart 3y agoGet the expensive pyrex glass.
- myth_drannon 3y agoPyrex is the one that chips.
- Ireallyapart 3y agoweird. I never had a problem with pyrex. Must be something to do with the environment the glass in your specific case is exposed to.
- hinkley 3y agoPyrex is just tempered glass now. You have to trawl yard sales and antique shops to find the borosylicate version.
- ceejayoz 3y agoThere's actually two variants, confusingly differentiated via capitalization. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrex > The pyrex (all lowercase) trademark is now used for kitchenware sold in the United States, South America, and Asia. In Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, a variation of the PYREX (all uppercase) trademark is licensed by International Cookware for bakeware that has been made of numerous materials including borosilicate and soda-lime glass, stoneware, metal, plus vitroceramic cookware.