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feedsmgmt | 2 years ago | on: The EPA is proposing that 'forever chemicals' be considered hazardous substances

Here is another study they did that is phthalate and they link a PDF of their methodology: https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-contaminants/the...

feedsmgmt | 2 years ago | on: The appendix is not, in fact, useless

A reserve of good bacteria to repopulate your guts in case you consume something bad that needs to get flushed out. Aren't tonsils something similar?

feedsmgmt | 2 years ago | on: The EPA is proposing that 'forever chemicals' be considered hazardous substances

Per the article there are few sources of that substance other than PFAS. What makes you believe that there are many sources for it?

"That’s because all PFAS contain organic fluorine, and there are few other sources of the compound, says Graham Peaslee, PhD, a professor of physics, chemistry, and biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, who has studied PFAS in food packaging.

Another complication: PFAS is used so widely—found in ink on food containers, recycled paper, machines that make packaging, and more—that it often shows up in products unintentionally."

feedsmgmt | 2 years ago | on: Mozilla Monitor Plus: automatically remove your personal info from data brokers

And you need to enter all of the information that you're trying to protect into one central location that is probably heavily targeted. These types of services never made sense to me.

feedsmgmt | 2 years ago | on: Pinball Map: Crowd-sourced worldwide map of public pinball machines

It's less than a mile from a train stop. That isn't accessible?

feedsmgmt | 2 years ago | on: The EPA is proposing that 'forever chemicals' be considered hazardous substances

"CR found 'forever chemicals' in bowls, bags, plates, and wrappers, even from some companies that say they've phased them out"

https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-contaminants/dan...

feedsmgmt | 2 years ago | on: Pinball Map: Crowd-sourced worldwide map of public pinball machines

Have you been to Galloping Ghost's pinball arcade?

feedsmgmt | 2 years ago | on: Pinball Map: Crowd-sourced worldwide map of public pinball machines

They're big and heavy and have a lot of wear parts that are expensive to maintain. Standing in one spot not blinking isn't great. I can play pinball in VR and have about an equally good experience these days.

feedsmgmt | 2 years ago | on: Starlink's laser system is beaming 42 petabytes of data per day

Where did you get that 100GB/mo number from? 4K streaming eats up data transfer quickly. Comcrap & friends knew what they were doing making arbitrary data caps that sounded like a big number at the time. Wireline data caps should be illegal.

feedsmgmt | 2 years ago | on: Solid-state EV batteries now face "production hell"

Solar panels on the outside of the plane? They're above the clouds for the most part.

feedsmgmt | 2 years ago | on: Dangerous chemicals found in recycled plastics, making them unsafe for use

Maybe don't wear any kind of plastic? Every time you wash a synthetic garment plastic particles are going into the water system.

feedsmgmt | 2 years ago | on: The horse, the drone, and the fight for gambling success (2021)

There is so much collusion and cheating in that "sport" it should be shut down. On top of all the animal abuse at that.

feedsmgmt | 2 years ago

With profit margins on existing internet customers being so obscene, to me this program seems like a massive subsidy to the big ISPs who were still making additional profit from what the "discounted" rate was. The minimum plan for just cable internet should not be $50+ per month

feedsmgmt | 2 years ago | on: Some fish live beyond 100 and get healthier as they age

Isn't that because the ocean water blocks radiation?

feedsmgmt | 2 years ago | on: Please don't make me use another QR code restaurant menu

Paying with QR instead of having a stranger take your credit card somewhere to swipe it is also a much better experience for me.

feedsmgmt | 2 years ago | on: Thailand discovers nearly 15M tonnes of lithium

I think that is an odd opinion to have. The data shows otherwise: https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/electric-vehicles/chart...

feedsmgmt | 2 years ago | on: Ask HN: What would you do if you could start over?

I would cut out alcohol from regular consumption much earlier.

feedsmgmt | 2 years ago | on: US regulator considers stripping Boeing's right to self-inspect planes

At this point why allow anyone to self inspect or self report anything? What's the upside to allowing the risk?

feedsmgmt | 2 years ago | on: Consumer Reports finds 'widespread' presence of plastics in food

Your fruits and vegetables might be covered with a petroleum derived "wax" by default: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_waxing

feedsmgmt | 2 years ago | on: Nuclear energy is more expensive than renewables, report finds

People focus so much on "cost" and "profit" that it seems to lead to short sighted decision making.