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The circle of life (startrek.website)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

This may have had something to do with it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

never mind the bpa when there’s the microplastics issue.

Besides: Most recent food grade plastics are BPA free now.

most travel drinking vessels (even metal) should be replaced every 10-20 yrs. Plastic even sooner than that (2-5). And if you have any deep scratches or visible on a surface(even metal) it should definitely be replaced immediately.

I don’t trust the plastic vessels anymore because they should be replaced because of microplastics. Whenever you twist a plastic cap on something with an internal helix, you’re grinding more microplastics into your drinking liquid. Try to get the screw tops that have the helix on the outside and a silicon seal to have a barrier.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

BeePA!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Nalgene bottles are advertised as BPA-free.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Nalgene only started to transition to BPA free plastic in 2008. They sold so many in the 90s and 2000s. Any “old” Nalgene should just be disposed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Most drinking bottles from then had bpa. The ban didn’t come until 2012 for all baby products.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

But what if I want to become a walking Superfund site?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You already are. Blood full of PFAs, bones full of lead, lungs full of flame retardants and a gut full of microplastics, not to mention all the agrochemical exposure and their effects on the endocrine system.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It could be worse tho

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

True! I could be a radium girl and have my bones disintegrate while I'm still alive.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Good idea I gotta get some radium too