114
What item you use frequently would you be least surprised to learn is secretly bad for you?
(lemmy.dbzer0.com)
A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions
Search asklemmy π
If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!
Looking for support?
Looking for a community?
~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de~
Plastic food containers. I mean, we already know it's pretty bad, but I would not be surprised if it ends up being way worse than we think. That, and most aerosols. Febreze, hairspray, spray tans, things of that nature
I just saw an article the other day that black plastic utensils are toxic. I'm right there with you.
A couple places near me still use styrofoam. I can't get past it.
Because of those articles, I just got rid of my black plastic utensils, but Iβve been using them over a decade so if they were contaminated, itβs probably too late
It also mostly applies to new plastics which are made from recycled plastics. If you have an ancient one, itβs probably not made from recycled plastic and could be totally fine.
I stopped microwaving plastic containers like 15-20 years ago. Hopefully thatβs enough.
Yep, I never could get past the taste of plastic in my food.
Only microwave in glass and ceramic!
Febreze is air pressure driven.
I think you're confusing volatile organic compounds like chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and HFCFs with general aerosols. CFCs destroy the ozone layer, and are banned worldwide.
Aerosola are just droplets in a gas. Clouds are aerosols. They're perfectly safe to use in general, assuming the droplets and the gas are safe.
I get where they're coming from! I was a kid when the aerosols were burning a hole in the ozone layer, and it taught me to distrust anything that can come out of a can too quickly.
Clean air act banned cfcs, not aerosols. Aerosols are just pressurized gases.
Well aerosols are tiny particles, but often created and propelled using pressurized glasses.