Being lazy here, but would love to know more about how testing for all of these plastics chemicals that are omnipresent is done in a way that ensures the measurement process or tools themselves do not contribute trace chemicals (e.g. lab tech wears latex gloves while handling the sample, whoops, etc).
Plasticlist Report – Data on plastic chemicals in Bay Area foods
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#72> Additionally, acid in foods may break down the phthalate diesters we measured into monoesters, which our testing didn't detect. This means actual phthalate levels could be higher than reported.
Just curious, is it possible for the acid to break them down completely? Like, poof, no more harmful plastic monoester, it's now just plastic-adjacent goop?
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#73Looking forward to more testing like this. I've been trying to consciously avoid anything combining "hot" with "plastic" though there's only so much you can do. Fish are aggregators of this stuff so that's not surprising. Spam and other processed meats and prepared foods also not too surprising (though what's with the Annie's organic mac and cheese being so full of it? Maybe it's the sauce?)... I think the tap water…
Manufacturers are putting more and more plastic into things to cut costs it seems. My favorite pour over coffee maker almost entirely had water in contact with metal and glass during brewing. Glass reservoir, glass decanter, metal grounds basket - only rubber tubes going from reservoir to heating element. When it died (your average coffee maker only lasts 5 years) all of their newer more expensive models had mostly p…
Hmmm...I'm now worried about my Aeropress, which I love. Perhaps it's time to switch to a french press.
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#74I am, in a different life, a consumer of compost and I have started looking very carefully at the compost products for sale in the bay area.
On the urban consumer side of things I see compost collection bins which cannot possibly be decontaminated of all manner of plastic pieces which will, inevitably, be ground up into the compost product.
On the rural side of things I see miles of plastic baling twine and weedeater string - and other plastic meshes and grid - used throughout pastures year after year and then collected back up again with loads of hay and manure which also end up in the compost stream.
These truckloads of soil/compost/fill have to be significantly contaminated and the rural end users are pouring them right back on their fields.
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#75This is so informative, thank you. I always got my kids baby food in glass, thinking it would reduce their microplastics exposure as well as reducing plastic waste. Turns out only one of those was true :(
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#76Did they test Wheat. I'm convinced something is up with the Wheat here. I've not seen Europeans gain anywhere near as much weight from eating bread as people do here. From my experience visiting Paris, croissants, butter and pastries pretty common on the menu. But still people are still pretty skinny in comparison. And like Pasta in Italy is a staple. Yet still, lower BMI there.
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#77Earlier quoted context omitted.
Manufacturers are putting more and more plastic into things to cut costs it seems. My favorite pour over coffee maker almost entirely had water in contact with metal and glass during brewing. Glass reservoir, glass decanter, metal grounds basket - only rubber tubes going from reservoir to heating element. When it died (your average coffee maker only lasts 5 years) all of their newer more expensive models had mostly p…
Hmmm...I'm now worried about my Aeropress, which I love. Perhaps it's time to switch to a french press.
They have an Aeropress in glass now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pw0hc7CB64
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#79The boba tea result alone makes me want to never drink that again. Was a fun little treat while it lasted…
It's really annoying that they only test one brand (Boba Guys), it's unclear wether other producers have better quality products.
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#80Really interesting how microwaving food containers didn't do anything, in fact results usually were lower before microwaving than after.
(search "microwave)