As such, Ziploc bags are alleged to be “fundamentally unfit for microwave and freezer use” despite their labeling, which has been “leading consumers to believe they are fit to be microwaved and frozen without risk of microplastics leaching into their food.” Consumers may have “unwittingly exposed themselves and their families to undisclosed microplastics during routine kitchen practices,” per the filing.
As the Ziploc lawsuit asserts, even consumers doing their best to avoid exposure to microplastics can be lulled into a “false sense of security” by purportedly misleading labels.
“As the suit explains, microplastics are “small plastic particles less than 5 millimeters in diameter,” a byproduct of larger plastic items breaking down.”
I feel like they mean smaller than 5mm. 5mm is like a 1/4 of an inch round… thats not “micro” thats just plastics.
I believe you meant “nm”, as in “nanometre”.
Just a typo, I can’t see from context.
Slightly ironic tho
edit ironically my phone autocorrected “can” into “can’t” , making this comment about me hinting at irony, ironic on another level
No, thats a direct quote from the article. I know they meant nm.
Oh, well then the mistake is in the article, my bad. I thought you were saying “they meant to write ‘nm’”, but you’re saying “they meant particles way smaller than 5 millimeters in diameter”.
Those particles are measured on the nm scale, so it’s just a typo from the article more likely. Or like a journalist who doesn’t understand scales and units.