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PLASTICMAXXING
(mander.xyz)
A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.
Rules
This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.
plastic can be oversimplified into "usually biologically inert molecule chains" (polymers) held together by "usually NOT biologically inert accessory molecules" (plasticizers, fillers, etc.)
BPA is a pretty well-known "fucks you up" plasticizer, hence it being banned for some applications and "BPA-free" marketing taking off (fun fact we're still figuring out how badly BPA replacements, most being very similar molecules, are fucking us up and to what extent)