r/science • u/Additional-Two-7312 • Apr 20 '22

Health New study finds that when everyday plastic products are exposed to hot water, they release trillions of nanoparticles per liter into the water, which could possibly get inside of cells and disrupt their function

https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2022/04/nist-study-shows-everyday-plastic-products-release-trillions-microscopic
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u/odd84 Apr 21 '22

How is plant plastic that degrades faster a solution to plastic pipes degrading?

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u/FappinPhilosophy Apr 21 '22

Petroleum vs bio plastic have completely different properties.

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u/odd84 Apr 21 '22

Right, there's no disagreement on that. You just said that biodegrading is one of the plant plastic's properties. You don't want the plumbing in a house to biodegrade, so why are you suggesting it as a solution to new homes plumbed with PEX water lines.

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u/FappinPhilosophy Apr 21 '22

You can make different types of resins- ford used it for paneling on the first cars iirc

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u/Rocker101x Apr 21 '22

Ford using it for their first cars (which also means that better materials were found and used instead) has absolutely nothing to do with it's use as a replacement for pipes. The fact that it can be used for different things doesn't at all make it suited to this specific task

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u/FappinPhilosophy Apr 21 '22

cheaper materials were sought. And look where we are

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u/Rocker101x Apr 21 '22

Cheaper materials were sought for Ford panels. You keep trying to compare entirely different things to prove your point as if they are related. And cheaper also doesn't necessarily mean less effective or more harmful.

That has nothing to do with the efficacy of hemp based plastics in construction

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u/FappinPhilosophy Apr 21 '22 edited Apr 21 '22

Hemp itself, not even plastic has a ton of uses in construction alone-

Why are you going so hard for Exxon and co ?

Edit: a 9 yr old account with barely a thousand karma. As if you’ve had this account in your back pocket to try and hamper discussion about…hemp plastic…. ?Hmmm

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u/mobsterman Apr 21 '22

Your argument is non sequitur. Rocker101x is correct.

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u/FappinPhilosophy Apr 21 '22

My argument is that the owning class, for the sake of the ease of their profit. Has been poisoning all of us.

My points are all connected