Plastic Products Release Trillions of Microscopic Particles into Water

https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2022/04/nist-study-shows-everyday-plastic-products-release-trillions-microscopic

by CryptoPunk • 4 years ago

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DoingIsLearning2• 4 years ago

Is there any analog data about the inside of coffee machines/makers?

Also is there any data like this for water filtration systems and Reverse Osmosis systems?

Everything seems to have all sorts of plastic containers and tubing.

spacexsucks• 4 years ago

Got a metal coffeee maker for this very reason.

DoingIsLearning2• 4 years ago

Maybe a stupid question but is there a metal reverse osmosis water filter?

mxmilkiib3• 4 years ago

We are salting the earth with cell disrupting nanoplastics. How far can society divest from its use of the material?

mxmilkiib3• 4 years ago

The paper https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/cc36aa24-d5ac-48a9-b609-39e0... Via r/scholar

m0llusk• 4 years ago

What we should do is transform the materials. Instead of using hydrocarbon polymers we could start off with sugar based polymers. These can be engineered to degrade and there are already plenty of naturally occurring bacteria that eat them. It will mean being satisfied with plastics that go bad and need to be disposed much quicker, but they will could be both recyclable and naturally degrading if we got the science right. Plastic is such a useful technology that it is unlikely we will simply abandon it.

mxmilkiib3• 4 years ago

Indeed. I'd think reserve plastic made from oil for important things like medical devices, but where one/we might draw the line is an interesting question.

Plastic Products Release Trillions of Microscopic Particles into Water

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