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[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 40 points 1 month ago (12 children)

What’s the point of specifying ‘in a single pellet’? All pellets of a batch are the same. You don’t get 160 chemicals in two pellets.

[–] Bubs@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

It's to highlight how common and widespread the contamination is.

You could say "We found 80 chemicals across a dozen facilities", but showing how all 80 chemicals were in a single pellet highlights how widespread the contamination is.

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