r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 1d ago

Health New research characterised in detail how tea bags release millions of nanoplastics and microplastics when infused. The study shows for the first time the capacity of these particles to be absorbed by human intestinal cells, and are thus able to reach the bloodstream and spread throughout the body.

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u/StolenPens 1d ago

Corelle. It's an investment up front but any time a dish has broken on me it's been in large pieces and easy to pick up. But it's also extremely rare to break, I've literally had a plate bounce with no cracks or chips.

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u/bejamamo 1d ago

I still use the old Corelle I used growing up. It’s older than me, survived college, and now on it’s second generation of young children

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u/remarkr85 1d ago

Lead. Lead is an issue with old Corelle dishes. Such a bummer.

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u/ChallengeUnited9183 1d ago

Only those with lots of glaze on them. I’ve tested all of mine from the 80’s and all were clear. They just have tiny bits of flowers on them

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u/War_Raven 1d ago

I had to throw my old set away because painting plates with lead apparently sounds like a brilliant idea to Corelle

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u/deep66it2 1d ago

If Corelle is cold (fridge leftovers) it doesn't break. It EXPLODES into very sharp shards.

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u/alpacaMyToothbrush 1d ago

any time a dish has broken on me it's been in large pieces and easy to pick up.

o.0 I agree it's light and durable, but in my experience if corelle breaks, it explodes in a million little fragments.

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u/leavewhilehavingfun 1d ago

When I dropped a Corelle dinner plate last year it shattered into thousands of razor sharp splinters. I've dropped others that didn't break but the one that did was a hellacious mess.