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Microwaving aside, food and plastics don't go well together. Study Finds Microplastics in More than 90 Percent of Tested Water Bottles https://www.smithsonian

by myshpa 3y ago

Microwaving aside, food and plastics don't go well together. Study Finds Microplastics in More than 90 Percent of Tested Water Bottles https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/study-finds-microplastics-more-90-percent-tested-water-bottles-2-180968507/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/study-finds-microp... Just opening a plastic bottle can release thousands of microplastics https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237900-just-opening-a-plastic-bottle-can-release-thousands-of-microplastics/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237900-just-opening-a-... Study: Plastic Baby Bottles Shed Microplastics When Heated. Should You Be Worried? https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/10/19/925525183/study-plastic-baby-bottles-shed-microplastics-when-heated-should-you-be-worried https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/10/19/9255251... NIST Study Shows Everyday Plastic Products Release Trillions of Microscopic Particles Into Water https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2022/04/nist-study-shows-everyday-plastic-products-release-trillions-microscopic https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2022/04/nist-study-sho... Occurrence of microplastics in raw and treated drinking water https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969718330663 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00489... Plastic bottles for chilled carbonated beverages as a source of microplastics and nanoplastics https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37354839/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37354839/ Plastic containers still distributed across the US are a potential health disaster https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/01/pfas-lawsuit-epa-plastic-containers-health-danger https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/01/pfas-law...

cubefox 3y ago
It's not just food of course. A first overview of textile fibers, including microplastics, in indoor and outdoor environments https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0269749116312325 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S02697... A Review of Human Exposure to Microplastics and Insights Into Microplastics as Obesogens https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34484127/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34484127/ International quantification of microplastics in indoor dust: prevalence, exposure and risk assessment https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35977640/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35977640/
- grugagag 3y ago
  It’s most of our modern world goods
  - permo-w 3y ago
    just stop oil
notTooFarGone 3y ago
So you should not go outside anymore as car tires are the largest emitter of microplastics? The causality and health implications are laughable here that it has anything to do with the bottle. This seems like a new thing to outrage imo.

by myshpa 3y ago

cubefox 3y ago

It's not just food of course. A first overview of textile fibers, including microplastics, in indoor and outdoor environments https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0269749116312325 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S02697... A Review of Human Exposure to Microplastics and Insights Into Microplastics as Obesogens https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34484127/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34484127/ International quantification of microplastics in indoor dust: prevalence, exposure and risk assessment https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35977640/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35977640/

grugagag 3y ago
It’s most of our modern world goods
- permo-w 3y ago
  just stop oil

notTooFarGone 3y ago

So you should not go outside anymore as car tires are the largest emitter of microplastics? The causality and health implications are laughable here that it has anything to do with the bottle. This seems like a new thing to outrage imo.