• Halcyon
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    I’ve always found it counterintuitive to use any kind of plastic for cooking. I don’t trust these silicone baking molds either. And: plastic containers don’t belong in the microwave.

    Always stick to wood, metal and glass/ceramics in the kitchen!

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      Another bad plastic item for the kitchen: plastic cutting boards. If you look at them up close, you can see that every time you cut on them with a sharp knife, lots of small micro plastic pieces are cut off.

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        If you look at them up close, you can see that every time you cut on them with a sharp knife, lots of small micro plastic pieces are cut off.

        Ugh, at this point I’m resigned to the fact that there’s always going to be something.

        Notwithstanding their impressive feats for the time, Ancient Romans had lead pipes for example.

        Today we have microplastics (and some lead issues still, too, from lead solder, etc.) Among other things.

        Tomorrow, it’ll be something like nanites accumulating in our body, or gamma radiation exposure from faulty shielding in whatever spacecraft futurehumans are flying in.

        I give up.

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          There is always going to be something. Strive not for perfection but for continuous improvement. Corporate was right about a few things. One of them being: QRCI.
          Quick Reaction, Continuous Improvement.