• kglitch@kglitch.social
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        1 year ago

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

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          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.

    • manitcor@lemmy.intai.tech
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      1 year ago

      first someone has to have the idea, then someone has to pay for it.

      availability of some equipment may also present issues.