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Re:Babies Are Full of Microplastics by ironmagma on Monday October 04, 2021 @11:33AM (#28748023)
Every time an article is posted, it reveals some ludicrous source of plastic. In this one, it’s carpets. Can someone please put together a guide of how to avoid products like this? Surely carpets didn’t always contain plastic. Why does it now?
Re:Babies Are Full of Microplastics by efields on Monday October 04, 2021 @12:30PM (#28749037)
Synthetic yarns slowly getting agitated by foot traffic, vacuums, etc, loosening their weave over time.
Re:Babies Are Full of Microplastics by risedotmoe on Monday October 04, 2021 @12:41PM (#28749173)
Microplastics is such a bleak topic. How are you going to shift the manufacturing world away from plastic of all things?
Re:Babies Are Full of Microplastics by pixelbreaker on Monday October 04, 2021 @12:11PM (#28748708)
I wonder if they can be recycled