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Takeaway cups release microplastics into your coffee, study finds (news.uq.edu.au)
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[–] 11 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Man, these university researchers just love telling us all the ways we're gonna contract some horrible condition, or disease, or death.

On the other hand, there are probably more carcinogens in city air than microplastic.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 days ago* (1 child)

    they don't love telling you that.

    the media loves telling you that, and loves making rich white peopel panic and go out and buy all new cups/cookware/appliances based on the new latest scary study.

    and i have relatives who do this. every 5 years they re-buy everything in their kitchen based on whatever is the latest scare trend is. non-stick, plastics, pfas, bpa, etc. it's like clockowrk, every 5 years there is a new boogeyman think that you have to go buy all new pots and pants and dishware to 'avoid'. or water bottles.

    i bet in 5 years we're going to start hearing how eating of out steel cookware/cups is bad for you and we all have to go back to plastic because that's safer.

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