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TuringNYCyesterday at 6:23 PM2 repliesview on HN

Imagine eating $22 SweetGreen salads each day for good health...and then seeing it on the top-5 list for plastics.


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rsyncyesterday at 9:47 PM

It's on the top 5 list when sorted "nanograms per serving" but if you re-sort the table by "nanograms per gram" it is quite low.

But by this same measure (intention of consumer vs. exposure) we find a deeper irony:

If you sort the entire dataset by "nanograms per gram", 3 of the top 5 items are prenatal vitamins:

https://www.plasticlist.org/product/260

ericdyesterday at 7:21 PM

Seriously. I think their fibery-looking bowls also tested near the top on PFAS by Consumer Reports.