Comment on Remember when the body washes contained literal micro plastics and were advertised as such?

Teppichbrand@feddit.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• moody@lemmings.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Most conditioner is silicone-based. For anyone curious, if your conditioner lists dimethicone or any other -cone in the ingredients list, that’s silicone.

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  • SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have to admit, I saw your comment and was like “no fucking way”.

    So I looked it up and… Yes fucking way. That’s crazy!

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  • paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is this the part that I find so objectionable to my senses when I’m touching it and using it in my hair? I hate the feeling of conditioner in my hands when I’m applying it.

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    • flicker@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Probably! I have a conditioner that’s all-that-stuff free and it no longer grosses me out to touch.

      And thank goodness because I have big, curly, loooong hair

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      • paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Thanks for replying. What conditioner do you use?

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• acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Silicone is a far cry from plastics though. It’s a non carbon based oil. Plastics are polymers. There’s no commonality whatsoever.

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  • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Silicone is made from sand, and hydrocarbons that come from oil or natural gas. Silicone is still a petroleum product.

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    • acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s not a plastic. It doesn’t bioaccumulate, it’s basically non toxic and can be washed away with soap. Trying to fight silicone use when we have so much plastic going on it’s just wasting effort for no real benefit.

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  • GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Silicones are also polymers. Polymer means many-chains. Any repeated chemical unit is a polymer. Another example is PLA (poly lactic acid) is a non-petroleum based polymer. It’s literally lactic acid.

    Are you trying to say that silicone isn’t a petroleum based product?

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    • acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You’re right, I got confused. My point is silicone can be washed away with soap, you can’t do that with plastics. It’s not fair to compare both.

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    • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Even if they are trying to claim that silicone isn’t a petroleum product, they are incorrect. Silicone is made of sand, and hydrocarbons that are derived from either oil or natural gas.

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      • JamesFire@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        hydrocarbons that are derived from either oil or natural gas.

        …which makes it a petroleum product.

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