• someguy3@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Rubin also noted in her report that the tumbler is specifically meant for cold water — not for hot or acidic beverages like coffee, because of the nickel content of the stainless steel used. Nickel is another metal that can be seriously harmful if ingested, but it takes a lot of time for the metal to actually contaminate food or water. Both heat (from beverages like hot coffee or tea, for instance) and acids (like those found in citrus fruits and soda) can speed that process up. Sticking to plain water removes that risk.

      Fascinating.

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          10 months ago

          Yeah, maybe with my hands, if the plastic cover falls off cause someone ran it through qn overloaded dishwasher.

          Look, can we just not have poison in our drinkware? I don’t feel like that’s an unreasonable request. Someone else mentioned that it’s not intended for hot beverages, and will leech nickel into your coffee if you don’t read the warning labels.

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            10 months ago

            While people are worrying about this, they fill their glasses made of actual glass with water that probably comes from copper pipes with lead solders… Maybe they should start worrying about that first, but who am I to tell?

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              10 months ago

              Stupid is as stupid does. Flint, MI, is still dealing with the fallout of lead in their drinking water.

              Maybe Stanley should start putting uranium in their cups, too.