[HN Gopher] Bottled water contains 100x more plastic nanoparticl...
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       Bottled water contains 100x more plastic nanoparticles than
       previously thought
        
       Author : p1esk
       Score  : 23 points
       Date   : 2024-01-10 20:55 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | ImAnAmateur wrote:
       | And this is _in addition_ to the regular known risk of plastic
       | leeching into water over time as the water bottle breaks down or
       | hot /freezing temperatures that can also cause the water bottle
       | to break down.
       | 
       | I spoke to a 70 year old co-worker yesterday. They talked about a
       | time when plastic wasn't used anywhere beyond Saran Wrap. How
       | much of our modern plastic use is youthful folly? I grew up with
       | it being normal so I didn't question it. Changing away from it
       | would be abnormal! I suspect there will be a sharp turn away from
       | plastics in several years, but I can't really fathom what that
       | will be to instead. Paper? Metals? Wax? Glass?
        
         | slau wrote:
         | It's my understanding that the plastification of paper to make
         | it waterproof is worse, ecologically speaking, than just using
         | straight up plastic.
         | 
         | How do we wrap all the dairy, meat, and whatnot at the grocery
         | store? How was it done 100 years ago? Heck, how was this done
         | 200 years ago?
        
           | tupshin wrote:
           | Butcher paper is a thing since the 1880s. Can be waxed or
           | unwaxed and is FDA approved for meat and other foods.
        
       | dt3ft wrote:
       | I used to think "if there really was a God, why would he create
       | cancer and cause fetal growth anomalies?", and as I learn of all
       | the things we created (plastic nanoparticles in drinking tap
       | water in Sweden, for example), I can't help but wonder if it
       | wasn't God who is to blame for cancer, but ourselves.
        
         | theshackleford wrote:
         | Well given that humans actually exist as opposed to a fairy
         | tale that does not, it's a pretty easy swing as to who's at
         | fault here.
        
           | ImAnAmateur wrote:
           | If you don't like that philosophical abstraction then let me
           | phrase it another way: "How much of our cancer rates and
           | fetal anomalies are a natural result of our genes, and how
           | much are they a result of things we humans have done to our
           | environment?"
        
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