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TIL boiling water can remove microplastics (pubs.acs.org)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Who uses lead solder these days? In my country it's even illegal for normal people to buy it and businesses need a permit to buy and sell it if they can justify it.

Normal lead free solder works great.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

https://www.wired.com/story/stanley-cup-lead-soldering/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Well that's stupid. At least the insulated bottle I have (Klean Kanteen) doesn't have lead solder.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

The fancy Stanley cups that are trendy use a lead solder bead to seal the inner chamber. When damaged it can leak into the water.