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

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[–] Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 52 minutes ago

PLA microplastic is pretty harmless I think. It should degrade into lactic acid inside the body pretty quickly.