Microwaved plastic containers release microplastics into food

Re:Microwaved plastic containers release microplastics into ... by elif on Friday June 30, 2023 @10:48AM (#36535853)

A couple decades ago the employee at my local headshop raised the pipe I was looking at to shoulder level, and dropped it onto the wood floor. When it emerged entirely unscathed it felt like a magic trick and he said "it's pyrex" and ever since then I truly believe the material is magic.

That pipe lasted 20+ years until I lost it, meanwhile I broke at least 10 pipes of thicker normal glass. I dropped it in the sink and on the floor countless numbers of times when I braced myself for the sad cleanup, but it always survived.

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Re:Microwaved plastic containers release microplastics into ... by code_duck on Friday June 30, 2023 @11:18AM (#36536482)

What pipes did you have made from “normal glass”? If they were blown pipes that contacted heat, they were almost surely borosilicate (Pyrex/Simax/Duran/Kimax) as well. The only smoking items typically made from soda lime are water pipes which use a removable slide, which is borosilicate. (I was a boro glassblower for about 15 years).

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