Microwaved plastic containers release microplastics into food
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#3I would love to read the full paper but it is gated behind paywall and I can't possibly pay for every article that I find interesting.
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#4Oh uh, not good. I'm heating my lunch in a plastic container. Dammit. Glass is way too heavy!
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#5Why we don't use glassware? It's perfect for food.
1. Easy for cleaning
2. Good glass container will look new for years with proper washing
3. It breaks. So it requires full attention of person handling it. We all want to live in present moment, don't we? Use glassware and you will be in the present moment more often ;)
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#6Oh uh, not good. I'm heating my lunch in a plastic container. Dammit. Glass is way too heavy!
Put your lunch onto a plate and pop a bowl on top of it to prevent spillage. Ceramic doesn’t react.
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#7It's great to have some science on it but a lot of people have considered this common sense for one or two decennia.
Re: Microwaved plastic containers release microplastics into food
#8Why we don't use glassware? It's perfect for food. 1. Easy for cleaning 2. Good glass container will look new for years with proper washing 3. It breaks. So it requires full attention of person handling it. We all want to live in present moment, don't we? Use glassware and you will be in the present moment more often ;)
Some of us do use it. It just has the slight problem of weighing 200 tons which makes it mildly impractical for anything but use at home.
Re: Microwaved plastic containers release microplastics into food
#9Why we don't use glassware? It's perfect for food. 1. Easy for cleaning 2. Good glass container will look new for years with proper washing 3. It breaks. So it requires full attention of person handling it. We all want to live in present moment, don't we? Use glassware and you will be in the present moment more often ;)
Maybe I'm in the minority but we (and everyone else we seem to interact with) use pyrex.
Re: Microwaved plastic containers release microplastics into food
#10It's great to have some science on it but a lot of people have considered this common sense for one or two decennia.
Agreed. I haven’t microwaved food in plastic for 20+ years. It just always seemed gross. My biggest beef with plastic containers is that once washed with cheap dish soap (e.g. Dawn) the plastic container and any food stored in it always an forever smell and taste like the fragrance in the soap. I don’t find this to be a problem when using 7th Generation dish soap, which I consider to be far superior.