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Takeaway cups release microplastics into your coffee, study finds (news.uq.edu.au)

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[-] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Lead is still a disaster though. Fazing lead pipes out is great but with out subsidies for remediation old lead pipes never get removed. Places like France didn’t even faze our lead pipes until 1995

[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 days ago

Lead pipes are safe while they're stable. If they get moved or cut or anything, or acid removes the protective layer, then they can become unsafe. Kind of like asbestos.

Lead in avgas, on the other hand, is definitely unsafe.