Microplastics found in 90 percent of table salt

Re:Microplastics found in 90 percent of table salt by tachyonbeam on Thursday October 18, 2018 @12:57PM (#18249975)

Either an outright ban, or taxes that gradually increase. However, what's also needed is an alternative that's readily available and not ridiculously overpriced. With produce stickers, I'm actually thinking: are stickers on produce actually useful/necessary? If we really care to tag products, could we just laser engrave them quickly?

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Re:Microplastics found in 90 percent of table salt by crooked-v on Thursday October 18, 2018 @01:03PM (#18250042)

Food-safe dyes and little airbrush template.

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Re:Microplastics found in 90 percent of table salt by SimplePeople on Thursday October 18, 2018 @09:17PM (#18253650)

These exist, are in use and have been commercialised.

If you look very closely at the expiry date printed on packaged products you'll often find it's actually laser etched, not printed. It's considerably more reliable and readable, particularity for small fonts.

In terms of used on fruit, see: https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/jan/16...

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Re:Microplastics found in 90 percent of table salt by r00fus on Thursday October 18, 2018 @01:08PM (#18250086)

Yeah, laser engraving has become a lot cheaper. However, it can't be mass-produced before the fruit (and labor to engrave is likely to be way more expensive).

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Re:Microplastics found in 90 percent of table salt by chongli on Thursday October 18, 2018 @02:07PM (#18250627)

Laser engraving produce is not labour intensive at all. It can be done easily by machines on a conveyor belt.

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