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DevX101
on Dec 1, 2022
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Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than ...
What consumers think of as normal "paper" tea bags release 11.6 billion “microplastics” and 3.1 billion “nanoplastics” into each cup. It's not paper.
morelisp
on Dec 1, 2022
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That's 11603.1 whole plastics!
moffkalast
on Dec 1, 2022
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Waiter, there's a plastic in my tea!
coolspot
on Dec 1, 2022
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Underrated comment.
djmips
on Dec 2, 2022
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Redditor spotted.
akiselev
on Dec 1, 2022
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Since when did micro- and nanoplastics become an SI unit?
Where do I put my feet?
moffkalast
on Dec 1, 2022
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On the table.
propogandist
on Dec 1, 2022
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which tea bags don't do this?
DevX101
on Dec 1, 2022
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I wouldn't use tea bags at all. Use a metal loose leaf tea infuser and buy loose leaf tea. I use this:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00X50NUU4
Aachen
on Dec 1, 2022
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The "use jquery" answer for tea bags. "How do I do X with tea bags?" "Don't use tea bags, use this better thing!"
TeMPOraL
on Dec 2, 2022
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Fair point, though this particular example makes me actually
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to use the metal infuser instead of tea bags.
type-r
on Dec 1, 2022
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the hilarity of suggesting use of something from Amazon when the discussion is about avoiding health hazards...
TeMPOraL
on Dec 2, 2022
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I bet $10 this is actually covered in a very thin layer of plastic because it's what seems to happen to some metal products in the food space (see e.g. "aluminum" cans).
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