_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works to 3DPrinting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoNew Study Looks At The Potential Carcinogenicity Of 3D Printinghackaday.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down10
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minus-square🔰Hurling⚜️Durling🔱@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoHonestly, I love 3d printing, but I still worry about microplastics in the environment.
minus-squaregerdesj@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoIt’s complicated but PLA is bio-degradable … eventually. Not months but years. That’s much better than the horrors you see on Blue Planet II.
minus-squarepiccolo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-21 month agoPLA requires industrial high heat composting to breakdown. Otherwise it will be around as long as any other type of plastic.
Honestly, I love 3d printing, but I still worry about microplastics in the environment.
It’s complicated but PLA is bio-degradable … eventually. Not months but years. That’s much better than the horrors you see on Blue Planet II.
PLA requires industrial high heat composting to breakdown. Otherwise it will be around as long as any other type of plastic.