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Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits

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Re: Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits

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Post by bombela »

washadjeffmad wrote: post #77
neom wrote: post #4

My mum when I was a kid in the 90s: we don't store things in plastic, glass or ceramic only Me when I was a kid in the 90s: mum is a f'ing idiot wtf is wrong with plastic this hippy shit is dumb My mum 2020s: so plastic huh? Me 2020s: ugh.

We've got sets of Indian brass, Korean steel, and Japanese lacquered wood food containers that we use in addition to ceramics and glass. The glass chips, and once it does we tend to avoid using it for food. Because all of these things last or compound over a lifetime, it's only expensive to be healthful if you wait.

Isn't lacquer technically a sort of plastic?

I could find images for Indian Brass Container to learn what it is. But I didn't find anything conclusive for Korean steel.

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Post by saiya-jin »

dTal wrote: post #75
vsareto wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Purchased drinks taste different in different containers (Coke in plastic vs glass vs aluminum), so I’m on board with food.

Coke in "aluminum" is actually coke in plastic; the cans are lined.

And for decades it was full of BPA, AFAIK it still is ('stable' one, if you believe them...)

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Post by dysoco »

MagicMoonlight wrote: post #103

That might explain why some modern children are so stupid. I have young relatives who are just gone. There’s nothing in their heads. It’s like watching a fly bash into a window.

Are you sure it's not just confirmation bias plus a bad perception of how smart you and your same-age friends were when you were young? Sounds like that to me.

Kids look normal to me, some of them probably smarter than I was back when I was as kid, others not so much, it's hard to say based on only a few observations but it's probably the same it's always been.

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Post by chrisco255 »

dclowd9901 wrote: post #71
neom wrote: post #4

My mum when I was a kid in the 90s: we don't store things in plastic, glass or ceramic only Me when I was a kid in the 90s: mum is a f'ing idiot wtf is wrong with plastic this hippy shit is dumb My mum 2020s: so plastic huh? Me 2020s: ugh.

I keep saying it but it would be phenomenal if glass container recycling became an earnest effort. I’m just not sure we actually have the infrastructure to support such an endeavor. Even something like carting a load of groceries out to your car and loading them up suddenly becomes quite a lift.

That's a good thing, many Americans are in need of a regular workout anyways.

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Post by chrisco255 »

clnq wrote: post #15
Msw242 wrote: post #10

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Metal usually has a plastic coating though, doesn't it?

Coca-Cola cans, and probably many others, have plastic coating with BPA on the inside. But that doesn’t matter much in comparison, because PFAS (corrected) are in the product, allegedly: https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/19/simply-o...

BPA is not plastic.

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Post by teddyh »

dTal wrote: post #75
vsareto wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Purchased drinks taste different in different containers (Coke in plastic vs glass vs aluminum), so I’m on board with food.

Coke in "aluminum" is actually coke in plastic; the cans are lined.

Obligatory link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUhisi2FBuw

Re: Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits

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Post by titzer »

mtlmtlmtlmtl wrote: post #11
neom wrote: post #4

My mum when I was a kid in the 90s: we don't store things in plastic, glass or ceramic only Me when I was a kid in the 90s: mum is a f'ing idiot wtf is wrong with plastic this hippy shit is dumb My mum 2020s: so plastic huh? Me 2020s: ugh.

Not sure it matters since there's plastic in all the food and drinking water anyway. There's no way to avoid ingesting plastic any more. You could maybe reduce it a bit, that's all.

The planet is absolutely tainted with nanoplastics at this point. They are already being sucked up into the atmosphere and being deposited on the tops of mountains. There's no escaping it.

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Post by jolux »

bilekas wrote: post #42
jolux wrote: post #18

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Aren’t the lids typically plastic though?

I would have assumed (probably incorrectly) that the 'seal' which would come in contact with the glass & liquids would be a type of silicone lid, while it could be considered a type of plastic, if its a good food grade lid, I would imagine it's a bit better ? Ironically though silicone is much harder to recycle though.

The lid is often thermoplastic of some sort, sometimes with a rubber gasket and sometimes without.

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Post by saiya-jin »

masfuerte wrote: post #70
cout wrote: post #50

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Plain glass jars can break if dropped (or thrown) off the table. If I'm sure a jar is borosilicate then I might consider letting my child drink from it, otherwise it's not worth the risk.

I've heard of a very small child being offered a sip from a thin glass and biting a chunk off the rim. Fortunately no harm was done.

This happened to us on vacation in Italy 2 weeks ago, my almost 2 years old daughter was drinking water from glass wine (since some better restaurants there don't give you any other type of glass regardless of drink).

We obviously freaked out and acted immediately, the staff was a bit concerned but it wasn't their child chewing glass shards. Daughter fortunately developed quite a skill or pushing stuff she doesn't like from her mouth using tongue, so she pushed out everything quickly, small cut in her inner mouth, 2 minutes of crying, us running around and that was it, with some evening worries (wife is a doctor but still...).

Not recommending this experience, better check what they give to your young ones (say below age of 3) beforehand, or just bring your own unbreakable one, even if (good) plastic.

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