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OK. Question about this. Microplastics have measurable negative effects on mammalian brains. That's been shown recently. I've never microwaved or cooked anything in plastic, and I've yelled at people who do since the 90s. Unfortunately, I break my own teeth a lot. I've shattered three of them in my sleep. It's not fun to wake up to a giant cracking sound in your head, realize your nerve is exposed, swallow part of a…
OK. Question about this. Microplastics have measurable negative effects on mammalian brains. That's been shown recently. I've never microwaved or cooked anything in plastic, and I've yelled at people who do since the 90s. Unfortunately, I break my own teeth a lot. I've shattered three of them in my sleep. It's not fun to wake up to a giant cracking sound in your head, realize your nerve is exposed, swallow part of a…
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That cardboard ain't waxed, it's covered in plastic.
I wouldn't necessarily say that. The cardboard/wax tears quite easily, and the wax tears with the cardboard. I don't think a plastic film would do that.
Wax gets soft when heated, so I'd be really surprised if the cardboard you're talking about is actually using "wax".
Is there any real evidence that consuming these is a problem though? Last I checked the evidence was shaky that this is even problematic for humans and read like a who's who of sketchy medical claims, up there with seed oils killing your testosterone.
https://www.ft.com/content/f14ab282-1dd3-46bf-be02-a59aff3a9...
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> discussed in HN as they also bought Instant Pot, and have gone bankrupt For the past 15 years there has been a trend of private equity buying brands and destroying them. Why does this keep making them money? What is this "failure capitalism"?
You can extract a lot of money from a company by torching its reputation. It takes people a while to catch on that they can't trust a company anymore. Buy a company, remove all the costs that give them their competitive advantage, then profit off the reputational arbitrage until it's burned to the ground.
Slightly off topic but I threw out all my pots and pans with non stick surfaces. Nothing will convince me it’s safe to cook food to high temperature on whatever that chemical coating is. And after a while you notice the surface is wearing away…. where is it going? Into you and your family. All my pots and pans are stainless steel.
Would also include plastic utensils in that. So many people I know have half melted plastic spatulas etc. Wooden and metal utensils work fine and barely cost any more. I have a nice old teak ladle that's lasted me for a decade while friends are throwing out their bubbled horror show plastic after 12 months.
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That’s silicone - and (after a quick fact check) essentially inert biologically
If its really inert, why isn't whole container made of it?
Microwaving aside, food and plastics don't go well together. Study Finds Microplastics in More than 90 Percent of Tested Water Bottles https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/study-finds-microp... Just opening a plastic bottle can release thousands of microplastics https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237900-just-opening-a-... Study: Plastic Baby Bottles Shed Microplastics When Heated. Should You Be Worried? https…
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Glass gets very hot in the microwave. Hot enough to burn skin.
Glass gets very hot in the microwave. Hot enough to burn skin. So does plastic. Also, it's a microwave oven . Who thinks that you can stick your hands on something in a device called an "oven" and not get burned?