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>the impacts of these plastics in real life is completely unknown There's a huge body of research on endocrine disrupting chemicals, specifically from plastics
by Dig1t 3y ago
>the impacts of these plastics in real life is completely unknown
There's a huge body of research on endocrine disrupting chemicals, specifically from plastics, going back decades. The science is settled here.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0303720721002598?via%3Dihub https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030372072...
The article links sources, but it's trivially googlable.
There's tons of evidence that these chemicals cause problems with sexual development and fertility, there's also lots of evidence that plastic containers leach them when microwaved. As the article states, it is obvious what people need to do. Glass containers are not expensive, and disposable food containers NOT made of plastic were commonplace up through the 90's and they can be again. Switching to glass and aluminum containers when possible is actually better for the environment as well, since they are actually recyclable whereas plastic is guaranteed to end up in a landfill eventually.
>Avoiding plastics can be extremely expensive
Tinfoil instead of plastic wrap, a glass Tupperware set is a few dollars more expensive instead of plastic, aluminum water bottles instead of plastic (actually cheaper than plastic bottles).
My family eliminated plastics from our lives and it cost us basically nothing. In what way is it extremely expensive?
- MostlyStable 3y agoI'd be very curious how much of that evidence is a) realistic dosages and b) in humans (actual humans not human cells in a dish). My guess is very close to none.
- dmvdoug 3y agoDo you imagine that a human kidney cell in a dish has very different properties than a human kidney cell in a kidney?
- MostlyStable 3y agoYes. 1000% yes. Individual cells in a petri dish act _dramatically_ different in innumerable ways. For 1 thing, they are much _much_ easier to kill or harm.
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 3y agoGlass works really well, but you don't want to give that to children
- StimDeck 3y ago[dead]
- Dig1t 3y agoAs far as I understand, I’m not a chemist, rigid plastics don’t actually have these chemicals in them. It’s specifically the plasticizers that are bad, so flexible plastic is out, but rigid things like sippy cups are possibly better. I don’t know though, that was just the result of my limited research when I went down the rabbit hole on this stuff. But we cut out plastics almost completely anyway, including rigid plastics, just to be safe. Aluminum and glass are perfectly adequate. Microwave in glass and transfer to aluminum if you are scared of kids breaking glass, or just eat out of the glass/ceramic if they are a little older. Avoiding plastic is trivial with a little thought.
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 3y agoI was thinking more about giving the children a container to microwave at school
- red-iron-pine 3y agotinfoil ain't going in the microwave, which was ultimately what OP was about