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Cleaning plastic containers in a dishwasher is a source of microplastic pollution, study finds (phys.org)
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[–] seathru@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 1 week ago

Yeah I wish they would have done that. Would be interesting to see. Hand washed plastic containers are subjected to much more mechanical scrubbing action, but much less heat.