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Re:Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits by myth_drannon on Thursday June 08, 2023 @11:25AM (#36243464)
We threw away all our glass containers because they constantly chip. I'm more afraid of ingesting piece of sharp glass than nanoplastics. I don't know why that keeps happenning, I guess dishwasher's high heat damages the glass or they keep bumping into each other.
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Re:Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits by idiotsecant on Thursday June 08, 2023 @11:39AM (#36243729)
That's weird, I pretty much exclusively use glass food storage and it's never chipped. And I just got some random ones off Amazon, not like they're some super high quality or anything
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Re:Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits by hedgehog on Thursday June 08, 2023 @11:31AM (#36243577)
It may be how you load, I don't think that's a common issue. Microscopic bits of glass are basically sand though so I wouldn't worry unless there's a lot or it's getting airborne.
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Re:Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits by hinkley on Thursday June 08, 2023 @06:32PM (#36250154)
I've given up on teaching my partner how to load a dishwasher. She insists you can fit more into a load. We also have a bunch of chipped plates and mugs. Not on my watch of course.
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Re:Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits by Fire-Dragon-DoL on Thursday June 08, 2023 @11:27AM (#36243500)
You would poop the glass though
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Re:Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits by arsome on Thursday June 08, 2023 @11:29AM (#36243548)
Yeah, generally speaking unless it's a very large shard and cuts your esophagus, once it reaches your stomach, acids will knock the edges off and it'll pass without issue.
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Re:Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits by thombat on Thursday June 08, 2023 @11:39AM (#36243739)
Gastric acid is basically hydrochloric acid, and rather less concentrated than the standard laboratory bench HCl, which stands peaceably for years in glass flasks. I would be wary of assuming that chemical attack will quickly blunt glass shards.
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Re:Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits by lostlogin on Thursday June 08, 2023 @11:43AM (#36243809)
I really doubt stomach acid would do anything to glass. Strong acids are regularly stored in glass.
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Re:Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits by XorNot on Thursday June 08, 2023 @06:14PM (#36249969)
HCl will do nothing to glass. It's strong bases that will dissolve glass (a little), and your digestive system doesn't have any.
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Re:Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits by Karawebnetwork on Thursday June 08, 2023 @11:36AM (#36243681)
In some cases, probably rare ones, it can lead to perforation of the intestine
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Re:Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits by myth_drannon on Thursday June 08, 2023 @11:36AM (#36243668)
well the pieces are about 5mm. For sure it will cut mouth, throat or something else.
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Re:Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits by TurkishPoptart on Thursday June 08, 2023 @12:05PM (#36244167)
No, I think eating glass leads to internal bleeding and could be very bad for you.
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Re:Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits by Fire-Dragon-DoL on Thursday June 08, 2023 @12:28PM (#36244569)
I remember being really scared about it and then I vaguely remember some doctor saying most stuff will go through stomach just fine, and that included glass.

Memory is fuzzy and I'm definitely not a doctor, so please double check.

I'm assuming if you are eating glass, it's a small enough piece that you won't notice, it can be big, you'll notice in your mouth.

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Re:Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits by Ireallyapart on Thursday June 08, 2023 @12:55PM (#36245001)
Get the expensive pyrex glass.
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Re:Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits by myth_drannon on Thursday June 08, 2023 @02:10PM (#36246173)
Pyrex is the one that chips.
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Re:Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits by Ireallyapart on Thursday June 08, 2023 @02:17PM (#36246273)
weird. I never had a problem with pyrex. Must be something to do with the environment the glass in your specific case is exposed to.
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Re:Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits by hinkley on Thursday June 08, 2023 @06:33PM (#36250166)
Pyrex is just tempered glass now. You have to trawl yard sales and antique shops to find the borosylicate version.
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Re:Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits by ceejayoz on Thursday June 08, 2023 @07:59PM (#36251111)
There's actually two variants, confusingly differentiated via capitalization.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrex

> The pyrex (all lowercase) trademark is now used for kitchenware sold in the United States, South America, and Asia. In Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, a variation of the PYREX (all uppercase) trademark is licensed by International Cookware for bakeware that has been made of numerous materials including borosilicate and soda-lime glass, stoneware, metal, plus vitroceramic cookware.

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