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 Freeman   ( @freeman@lemmy.pub )  to Science · 2 years ago

Billions of nanoplastics released when microwaving baby food containers

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Billions of nanoplastics released when microwaving baby food containers

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 Freeman   ( @freeman@lemmy.pub )  to Science · 2 years ago
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Billions of nanoplastics released when microwaving baby food containers: Exposure to plastic particles kills up to 75% of cultured kidney cells
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Experiments showed that microwaving plastic baby food containers can release huge numbers of plastic particles -- in some cases, more than 2 billion nanoplastics and 4 million microplastics for every square centimeter of container.
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    I totally agree. suspicious about their findings. They filled reusable pouches with milk and blasted it for 3 minutes. We’ve been feeding our toddler little spoons meals https://www.littlespoon.com/ which has a 30s to 60s microwave time to warm it. I really doubt solid food is absorbing billions of microplastics in 30s.

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