Comment on Scientists found hundreds of toxic chemicals in recycled plastics

acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• angrystego@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  From the article:

  Numerous studies show that hazardous chemicals can accumulate even in relatively close-loop plastic recycling systems.

  I think this is the problem. There can be toxic chemicals in new plastics too, but they accumulate in recycled plastics making them much more toxic than the original.

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  • acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    My bad. I lost interest and dropped the article before reaching this. It does change things. Thankfully we only recycle 1-3% of plastics .

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• faede@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I think the scientists were saying we need to phase out all plastic chemicals because they are basically all non-safe.

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  • acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I understand that. I’m just skeptic as to this new piece of information to move the needle towards less use of plastics.

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  • jadero@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s not what I got from the article. They seemed to be talking specifically about chemicals have absorbed from what they’ve been in contact with.

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