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As such, Ziploc bags are alleged to be "fundamentally unfit for microwave and freezer use" despite their labeling, which has been "leading consumers to believe they are fit to be microwaved and frozen without risk of microplastics leaching into their food." Consumers may have "unwittingly exposed themselves and their families to undisclosed microplastics during routine kitchen practices," per the filing.

As the Ziploc lawsuit asserts, even consumers doing their best to avoid exposure to microplastics can be lulled into a "false sense of security" by purportedly misleading labels.

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[–] [email protected] 90 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Who would microwave a ziplock bag? Freezer, sure, but microwave?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Before I read this, I wasn't aware of any reason not too. If I put meat in a bag to freeze it, I'd put the entire bag in the microwave if I needed to thaw it quickly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Go to the frozen vegetables at your grocery store and tell me what all of the "steam fresh" bags are made of.

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

Definitely not me heating up corn tortillas

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago

Wrap them in a damp paper towel instead when you microwave them.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

unfit for microwave and freezer use

I'm giving up at this point. I truly believe we're in the fuck you and everything you love timeline

Maybe i died two years ago and this is just purgatory. Would you guys tell me if i died two years ago?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would absolutely tell you if you were in purgatory.

And as I said to a friend who thought he was dead while tripping on acid, "If you were in purgatory, there is no way you'd think me up, because I'm way too delightful to be in someone else's purgatory."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

You're a good friend

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No, we still need your labour and the line must go up.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yea. Of course... Line. Must. Go. Up.
The line. Must.go.up. The line. Must. Go up. Up. Up. Up. Up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

And show some hustle out there, Sisyphus.

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

Or maybe you've been in purgatory since you were born?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

That'd be a crazy childhood

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I know it's tough. Apparently I was ahead of the curve of most people and hit where you are at over a decade ago — with everybody around me and online calling me paranoid for thinking corporations/et. al are making people sick through their greed and apathy.

Corporations surely have known this stuff is harmful for a long time – but all they care about is selling a viable, cheap, scalable product, and marketing it to the masses to achieve wild success.

It gets better, I promise. Glass is my personal answer to plastic.

Control what you can, don't spiral into hopelessness, and advocate for real regulation and higher standards for corporations — so they can't simply go to market with harmful or toxic products.

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

Ah shit. Im in purgatory arnt i

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Reality and your experience is what you make it. If you ever need a chat, I'm here.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Thanks man. I'm ok. Just joking around. Appreciate the kindness though!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I can't decide if "you died two years ago and this is all purgatory" would be good or bad news at this point.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

Shit. This means I'm still alive.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

Pull it from the freezer and thaw it in the microwave

/s