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Re:Commercial tea bags release microplastics, entering human... by burkaman on Monday December 23, 2024 @02:39PM (#42497025)
What did you learn in high school chemistry that made you suspicious of plastic? I did pay attention and I don't think I remember us covering plastic at all.

> On the other hand, anyone who has some idea about the components of any usual plastic can see that it is practically certain that at temperatures not much above room temperature some of the garbage fillers included in any plastic besides the base polymer will degrade and leak.

How do you know this? Even as someone actively looking into this topic I'm not sure whether this is true. I'm not challenging you, I'm genuinely asking where to learn about this.

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Re:Commercial tea bags release microplastics, entering human... by icanhelp on Monday December 23, 2024 @05:11PM (#42498015)
> 'How do you know this? Even as someone actively looking into this topic I'm not sure whether this is true. I'm not challenging you, I'm genuinely asking where to learn about this.'

It's called "having common fucking sense." Try it some time.

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