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Re:How a simple math error sparked a panic about black plast... by mhardcastle on Thursday December 12, 2024 @02:28PM (#42402443)
“However, it is important to note that this does not impact our results,” [lead study author] Liu told National Post."

So an order-of-magnitude difference has no impacts on the result? How can that be?

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Re:How a simple math error sparked a panic about black plast... by add-sub-mul-div on Thursday December 12, 2024 @02:51PM (#42402685)
Maybe they're just saving face or don't want to take responsibility for people having unnecessarily thrown away their utensils.
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