Definitely Do Not Put Plastic in the Microwave

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• tetraodon@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I lived for a while in China and was horrified because serving hot street food in plastic bags was ubiquitous.

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• who8mydamnoreos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Our generation’s s lead paint

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• MintyAnt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Semi related article on how to reheat frozen foods without plastic.

  Tldr you just pop them out into a glass container and follow instructions as normal. Put a towel over the top if it needs to be covered.

  ceh.org/…/easy-tip-making-frozen-meal-healthier/

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• CubitOom@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  My understanding is that polypropylene is the most stable plastic (with hdpe coming in at a close second) unless subjected to uv radiation. Of course, it depends on the co-polymer which is almost impossible to find on a product.

  Hdpe is not supposed to have an issue with UV radiation however.

  I wonder if the radiation that is emitted from a microwave has similar effects as UV radiation.

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  • botengang@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Short answer: no. It’s an entirely different wavelength and has other effects. UV does its damage by ionizing, which microwaves are fundamentally incapable of.

    So the taken effect is a different one.

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