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[โ€“] kglitch@kglitch.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How is it that we've been using microwaves with plastic containers inside them for decades and yet no one has checked this before?

[โ€“] sethboy66@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

It's only this particular kind of plastic in its specific state with respect to the liquid placed inside of it, also the fact that the worry of micro/nano-plastics is relatively new.