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TuringNYC ◴[] No.44369160[source]
Imagine eating $22 SweetGreen salads each day for good health...and then seeing it on the top-5 list for plastics.
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1. rsync ◴[] No.44371435[source]
It's on the top 5 list when sorted "nanograms per serving" but if you re-sort the table by "nanograms per gram" it is quite low.

But by this same measure (intention of consumer vs. exposure) we find a deeper irony:

If you sort the entire dataset by "nanograms per gram", 3 of the top 5 items are prenatal vitamins:

https://www.plasticlist.org/product/260

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2. TuringNYC ◴[] No.44382942[source]
The per-gram reading is good for things without real servings (e.g., per gram of water).

However, for a single-serving meal, winning on per-gram isnt really helpful since we wouldnt eat a gram of a 1-serving salad.

Its sort of like how McMansions are actually inexpensive on a per-sqft basis, but how that isnt helpful since you have to purchase all 5000 sqft of the McMansion