Basically any situation where plastic is warmed is a source of microplastic contamination
Cleaning plastic containers in a dishwasher is a source of microplastic pollution, study finds
Submitted 1 week ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to science@mander.xyz
https://phys.org/news/2025-05-plastic-dishwasher-source-microplastic-pollution.html
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protist@mander.xyz 1 week ago
Microplasticbrain@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Basically any situation where plastic is ,
warmedis a source of microplastic contaminationWahots@pawb.social 1 week ago
Probably mechanical abrasion too. Like car tires. Or your carpets/rug. Or your toothbrush. Or your nylon/sport/athlesure wear. Or soft, non-natural blankets, haha. I bet your furniture, too…
desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
wool carpets for the win.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
And yet somehow it lasts forever in a landfill.
We can’t win.
Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 week ago
water with cleaning chemicals probably leaches some out too.
Wahots@pawb.social 1 week ago
And people are grossed out when they learn that people can have enough micro/nanoplastic in their brain to make a disposable plastic spoon (2g). :)
magiccupcake@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It’s up to a credit card now (9g)
EySkibidiBabBab@feddit.dk 1 week ago
When i die i want my brain plastic to be used for a warhammer figurine!
Dwayne_Elizondo_Mountain_Dew_Camacho@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
The methodology used to get that result is supposedly very questionable.
I heard it here:
Science Vs: Is There Really a Plastic Spoon in Our Brains?
Not to minimize the impact of microplastics, but the credit card amount is probably way off.
match@pawb.social 1 week ago
the microsplastic keep my brain smooth and flexible :3
Wahots@pawb.social 6 days ago
This made me chuckle
Romkslrqusz@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Neuroplasticity
photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
The overall plastic mass equated to about 6 milligrams per person per year, or about a quarter of the weight of a grain of rice
Bigfishbest@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Multiply by nr of persons and years…
ilega_dh@feddit.nl 1 week ago
Yes, that is what “per person per year” means
Etterra@discuss.online 1 week ago
Well I don’t want my Vitamin P to be covered in bacteria.
timeghost@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Plastic is poison.
11111one11111@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Contaminating what? My septic tank that gets emptied every 10 years?
swampdownloader@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Where do you think the truck that empties your tank goes?
11111one11111@lemmy.world 1 week ago
No clue. Guess thats what im asking.
x00z@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It goes with the water that leaves your septic tank.
A septic tank is only meant to separate the water from oils and sludge.
11111one11111@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Really? So all my piss goes right thru and into my yard? If it filters out and stores solids wouldn’t it also catch the microplastics tol?
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Betcha scrubbing them in the sink does too. It’s just harder to set up a controlled study.
ProvableGecko@lemmy.world 1 week ago
My dish sponge is plastic.¯_(ツ)_/¯
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Dishwashers usually wash hotter than you do in the sink & reuse the water, so I’d imagine they also produce more microplastic in the process.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Hotter yes, but no plastic-on-plastic scrubbing. And not reusing the water wouldn’t change the amount of plastic, it would just be diluted in a larger amount of water. My guess would be, larger particles. But I can see why that would have to be its own, more complicated study. Because so many more variables.