BountifulEggnog [she/her]@hexbear.net to doomer@hexbear.netEnglish · 12 days agoGlass bottles found to contain 5-50x more microplastics than plastic bottlesphys.orgexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up180cross-posted to: science@lemmy.world
arrow-up180external-linkGlass bottles found to contain 5-50x more microplastics than plastic bottlesphys.orgBountifulEggnog [she/her]@hexbear.net to doomer@hexbear.netEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square37fedilinkcross-posted to: science@lemmy.world
minus-squareKeld [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·edit-211 days agoHow. The lid is such a leaker of microplastics that it’s worse than the entire rest of the bottle? Genuinely what the fuck.
minus-squaredb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·11 days agoIs this the little plastic sealer inside the aluminum bottlecap, or for full plastic lids?
minus-squareJabril [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 days agoIt’s the paint on the lid, when I first read this report it seems like it was specifically metal lids
How. The lid is such a leaker of microplastics that it’s worse than the entire rest of the bottle? Genuinely what the fuck.
Is this the little plastic sealer inside the aluminum bottlecap, or for full plastic lids?
It’s the paint on the lid, when I first read this report it seems like it was specifically metal lids