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> Plastic food containers aren't even close to being the largest source of microplastics. Can you give me some citations? I know that microwaving plastic cont

> Plastic food containers aren't even close to being the largest source of microplastics. Can you give me some citations? I know that microwaving plastic containers is about the worst thing you can do with regards to microplastics, because it releases tons of them right into your food: https://www.wired.com/story/for-the-love-of-god-stop-microwaving-plastic/ https://www.wired.com/story/for-the-love-of-god-stop-microwa...

epcoa 3y ago
Both that headline and article are cringeworthy. You can’t extrapolate a bunch of flawed experiments like that to anything real. This is a hot area of research but that means it’s a hotbed of flawed and sensationalist research. Dunking embryonic cells in a bath of ridiculous concentrations of nanoplastic chemicals and watching them die is cute and a tired, stupid trick. If you put any of your cells in your favorite drinking water they’re going to lyse. It doesn’t prove shit.
usuallyalurker 3y ago
For synthetic fibres : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4426466/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4426466/ For tyre particulate : https://spiral.imperial.ac.uk/bitstream/10044/1/101707/9/Tyre%20wear%20particles%20are%20toxic%20for%20us%20and%20the%20environment%200223-2.pdf https://spiral.imperial.ac.uk/bitstream/10044/1/101707/9/Tyr...