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Aluminum in our diets far exceeds that from vaccines, researchers note (www.cidrap.umn.edu)

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[–] fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Not really. Hardness matters. 'plastic' utensils are soft. They're incapable of damaging harder material.

Where do your investigations get published and peer reviewed?

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 1 points 7 hours ago

This is very simply tested. 30x microscope is more than sufficient to observed microscopic and macroscopic damage.

A quick internet search: TFE (Teflon), which is known for being soft (Shore D 50-60) and waxy. Harder, more rigid plastics include PEEK, Polycarbonate, Nylon, Acetal (POM), PCTFE and UHMW-PE.

Practically any utencil can catch some burnt food and become abrasive instantly. LOL. We're just scratching the plastics into our food every day.