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A comment on Definitely Do Not Put Plastic in the Microwave. Parent comment

Re:Definitely Do Not Put Plastic in the Microwave by SCSIfloppy on Saturday September 23, 2023 @03:47PM (#37626765)
You can significantly reduce it easily. Don't heat things in plastic, don't buy hot food or beverages served in plastic or "bamboo / paper," stop using K-cups, etc.
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Re:Definitely Do Not Put Plastic in the Microwave by dwaite on Saturday September 23, 2023 @09:05PM (#37629193)
Reduced what percentage? What is the health impact of that percentage? What are other sources and do they have a higher percentage/health impact?
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Re:Definitely Do Not Put Plastic in the Microwave by SCSIfloppy on Saturday September 23, 2023 @11:01PM (#37629795)
With something that's poison, reducing your intake just a bit is probably the best thing you can do. We know about vapor and outgassing and how temperature affects this. You don't need "sources" just a basic high school level understanding of chemistry to understand these things. I don't need a source to tell me water boils.

There are reams of information out there about how age affects plastics, and how. It's all based on basic chemistry.

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Re:Definitely Do Not Put Plastic in the Microwave by magarnicle on Sunday September 24, 2023 @07:22PM (#37638109)
What about clothes?
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