Billions of nanoplastics released when microwaving baby food containers: Exposure to plastic particles kills up to 75% of cultured kidney cells
www.sciencedaily.com
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.
      • kglitch@kglitch.social
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        1 year ago

        How is it that we’ve been using microwaves with plastic containers inside them for decades and yet no one has checked this before?

        • sethboy66@kbin.social
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          1 year ago

          It’s only this particular kind of plastic in its specific state with respect to the liquid placed inside of it, also the fact that the worry of micro/nano-plastics is relatively new.