Plastic is poison.
Cleaning plastic containers in a dishwasher is a source of microplastic pollution, study finds
Submitted 10 months 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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timeghost@lemmy.world 10 months ago
11111one11111@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Contaminating what? My septic tank that gets emptied every 10 years?
swampdownloader@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Where do you think the truck that empties your tank goes?
11111one11111@lemmy.world 10 months ago
No clue. Guess thats what im asking.
x00z@lemmy.world 10 months 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 10 months 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?
photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months 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 10 months ago
Multiply by nr of persons and years…
ilega_dh@feddit.nl 10 months ago
Yes, that is what “per person per year” means
Wahots@pawb.social 10 months 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). :)
match@pawb.social 10 months ago
the microsplastic keep my brain smooth and flexible :3
Wahots@pawb.social 10 months ago
This made me chuckle
Romkslrqusz@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Neuroplasticity
magiccupcake@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s up to a credit card now (9g)
Dwayne_Elizondo_Mountain_Dew_Camacho@sh.itjust.works 10 months 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.
EySkibidiBabBab@feddit.dk 10 months ago
When i die i want my brain plastic to be used for a warhammer figurine!
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Betcha scrubbing them in the sink does too. It’s just harder to set up a controlled study.
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 10 months 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 10 months 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.
ProvableGecko@lemmy.world 10 months ago
My dish sponge is plastic.¯_(ツ)_/¯
protist@mander.xyz 10 months ago
Basically any situation where plastic is warmed is a source of microplastic contamination
Ledericas@lemm.ee 10 months ago
water with cleaning chemicals probably leaches some out too.
Microplasticbrain@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Basically any situation where plastic is ,
warmedis a source of microplastic contaminationWahots@pawb.social 10 months 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 10 months ago
wool carpets for the win.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
And yet somehow it lasts forever in a landfill.
We can’t win.
Etterra@discuss.online 10 months ago
Well I don’t want my Vitamin P to be covered in bacteria.