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Re:Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits by balaji1 on Thursday June 08, 2023 @12:15PM (#36244351)
What are the concerns about the “plastic” carpets in American homes?

They are pretty much everywhere. They shed fibers all the time. We’re in contact with it all the time.

Re:Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits by ericd on Thursday June 08, 2023 @01:07PM (#36245212)
Yeah, polyester/nylon/polypropylene are everywhere. There are some really good, reasonably priced all wool ones available here: https://hookandloom.com/browse/undyed-natural-wool-rugs/loom...

They’re so much nicer than the plastic type, and seem durable so far (the thick flat weave type has been holding up well on our stairs).

Re:Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits by rootusrootus on Thursday June 08, 2023 @02:30PM (#36246468)
> They’re so much nicer than the plastic type

Unless you have kids or pets, or live somewhere especially humid, in which case you will regret not getting nylon.

Re:Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits by ericd on Thursday June 08, 2023 @05:15PM (#36249199)
We live somewhere humid and have very young kids, their playroom is covered with a very big one of those loom hooked ones, it’s awesome for that because it’s so soft. Spills tends to come out of it pretty easily, the wool seems to be at least mildly hydrophobic.
Re:Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits by hinkley on Thursday June 08, 2023 @06:30PM (#36250135)
Polypropylene is probably the least nasty of the bunch.

Probably.

When the BPA scare came I saw so many people switching to a different kind of plastic instead of stainless steel or glass. I just could not understand what people were thinking.

Re:Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits by m463 on Thursday June 08, 2023 @08:32PM (#36251434)
carpets also have PFAS