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 StrawberryPigtails   ( @StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.astaluk.icu )  to World NewsEnglish · 2 years ago

Sorry, Your Paper Coffee Cup Is a Toxic Nightmare

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Sorry, Your Paper Coffee Cup Is a Toxic Nightmare

www.wired.com

 StrawberryPigtails   ( @StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.astaluk.icu )  to World NewsEnglish · 2 years ago
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Supposedly eco-friendly cups are still coated with a thin layer of plastic, which scientists have discovered can leach chemicals that harm living creatures.
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    We have no reason to laugh at ancient Rome’s unfortunate use of lead pots for cooking beverages and lead pipes for drinkable water. Down with plastics.

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      Lead pipes are fine for water unless some cheapo decides to change the water composition in a way that removes the thin layer that forms on the lead and keeps it from leeching into the water. We still have a ton of lead pipes not giving lead poisoning today.

      Plastics are like the ruined pipes.

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        Human error is inevitable and we should design systems to be invulnerable to this. Just dont use lead. Period.

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          PVC, steel, and all of the other options also have the possibility of poisoning is in certain situations when not maintained properly.

          Don’t build anything, got it.

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