If his numbers are to be believed (and I do), the coating on the inside of a microwave popcorn bag that is used to keep the cooking oils from soaking into the paper emit PFAS chemicals. Which leach into the popcorn oils - later to be consumed by you. In the chart comparing them with other coated papers such as fast food burger wrappers, they are far and away the leading source of PFAS.
I still have questions - do the PFAS chemicals leach into the oils while sitting on the store shelf, or are they emitted when they get heated up in the microwave and exceed some temperature (like getting a Teflon pan too hot)? Not that this makes a difference in the end result, but I am curious.
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You can also just put a few tablespoons of popcorn into an unlined plastic bag and throw that in the microwave. Way cheaper, more choice of popcorn kernels, and just as fast.
> The heating power seemed to increase the migration processes (up to more than 30 times)
Rolling back rules against forever chemical poisoning in drinking water is just madness. This is the largest poisoning in human history and Our public institutions are doing nothing to protect us.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the behaviour of demagogues like Putin, Xi, and Trump are at least in part influenced by the damage their brains took from decades of lead exposure.
I noticed than my father has trouble controlling his anger, I do too but I’m far better at this, and my kid is totally chill.
Entire generations had their brains damaged and their personalities changed because industry wanted cheaper fuel.
Now we know, simple to keep the tech where it is actually valuable, harder to train the public well enough to care. Verisatium had a great episode on it.
bluesounddirect•8mo ago