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PlasticList – Plastic Levels in Foods

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450 points homebrewer | 2 comments | 24 Jun 25 14:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.438s | source
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xnx ◴[24 Jun 25 15:37 UTC] No.44367367[source]▶
Weird to see how much attention plastics in food are getting despite no(?) evidence of harm vs. something like consuming too much sugar or alcohol, and BPA/BPS in receipt paper (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/well/health-effects-paper...).

It's very hard to maintain a mental ranked list of health things to be worried about when hypothetical concerns get more attention/coverage the confirmed ones.

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chiffre01 ◴[24 Jun 25 15:57 UTC] No.44367594[source]▶
"despite no(?) evidence of harm" If you look up most of the chemicals on the list, all of them have suspected health impacts and the most have been confirmed to be harmful in some degree or another.

For example: DEHP - Endocrine disruption, disruptor of thyroid function, Ingestion of 0.01% caused damage to the blood-testis barrier... etc

source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bis(2-ethylhexyl)_phthalate

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1. phoronixrly ◴[24 Jun 25 16:41 UTC] No.44368092[source]▶
I came here to be explained to how eating plastic is not only not bad, but actually good for you. And HN, as always, did not disappoint, like the other day when a guy here explained to me that lead is good for you and iron is poison, and if I disagree I should prove it to him.
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2. frankdenbow ◴[24 Jun 25 21:24 UTC] No.44371221[source]▶
Iron certainly can be poisonous https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK459224/