PlasticList's Advice for Food Companies

Re:PlasticList's Advice for Food Companies by kleton on Thursday January 02, 2025 @06:01PM (#42579980)

Silicon dioxide is not chemically toxic. But you can put microfiber crystals of it in a mammal's lungs and get tumors that grow around them. It is not a huge stretch of the imagination from there to hypothesize that nano- and micro-particles of a nontoxic polymer could also cause problems.

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Re:PlasticList's Advice for Food Companies by UniverseHacker on Thursday January 02, 2025 @06:08PM (#42580033)

True- I don't think they are likely to specifically exhibit the drug like toxicity that some other plastics are responsible for, but you are right that doesn't rule out other potential issues from a small, hydrophobic, physical object.

I'm not 100% sure HDPE is safe- and if not it might depend on how it is used, but I am less concerned about it than a lot of other plastics.

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Re:PlasticList's Advice for Food Companies by wlesieutre on Thursday January 02, 2025 @09:51PM (#42581782)

Since plastic vs wood cutting boards is what kicked this discussion off, I’d also point out fine wood particles will give you lung cancer too

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