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Also: plastics protect food from contamination and infection with biological agents that would cause sickness and death. The benefits far, far, far outweighs th

• EasyMark 1y ago
  That's a big maybe, we simply don't know yet. Clearly it's better than botulism or salmonella which can kill you in a day or two, but you can't just rule out their prevalence.
• KboPAacDA3 1y ago
  The current zeitgeist is clearly anti-plastic. Only time will change their minds. Fortunately, the healthcare industry (hospitals) will always use plastic for preventing contamination in a very economical way.
  • notTooFarGone 1y ago
    yeah but there don't seem to be conclusive studies that show that "microplastics" are a detriment at all. You'd assume that there is a study that tested 200 people with more and less microplastic intake over a year to show that it actually has an effect, but I guess you'd have to do 20 studies to get a p<0.05...