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For the Love of God, Stop Microwaving Plastic (www.wired.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From the abstract of the original paper:

The results indicated that microwave heating caused the highest release of microplastics and nanoplastics into food compared to other usage scenarios, such as refrigeration or room-temperature storage.

Why on earth didn't they compare a different heating scenario? What kind of science is that? The take is not "microwave is bad", it's actually "Some plastics are bad, and worse when heated".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why microwave when you could refrigerate??

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Exactly, I like my food frozen