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[–] TrickDacy 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Humans are too shortsighted not to go extinct....

You ever washed anything in your kitchen sink with other food containers? Some people do and that would immediately put lead residue all over your other surfaces that should be food safe. And also it will absorb through your skin when washing...

Maybe the weirdest corporate dick sucking ever.

[–] CoffeeJunkie 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I 100% agree, lead & similar toxins have no place around our food & water. People use "broken" cups all the time, especially if that damage appears to be purely cosmetic. This will result in people being exposed to lead. It is irresponsible to incorporate lead into food, water storage containers.

Everyone disagreeing below: weirdest corporate dick sucking ever.

[–] TrickDacy 6 points 9 months ago

It is irresponsible to incorporate lead into food, water storage containers.

Precisely!! Not sure how this is remotely controversial

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's under a plastic cover at the bottom, no water is supposed to go in there unless your cup is broken.

[–] TrickDacy 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Most of the shit I ever bought has broken at one point or another.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Well that's when you're supposed to get rid of the cup because... Well... It's fucking broken!

[–] someguy3 5 points 9 months ago

From what I understand, it can easily be thought of as some exterior part that's not important. A visual piece. It would still hold water fine.

I'd be amazed if you've never used something that has some small plastic piece break but it still functions fine.

[–] TrickDacy 3 points 9 months ago

So as long as people throw away something that still seems useful, they won't get lead poisoning. What a great way to view the world. You should run the FDA!

[–] [email protected] -4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If that part breaks, they’ll replace the cup for free

[–] TrickDacy 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They shouldn't need to. They should never have included a known toxic material in a drink container

[–] [email protected] -4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

We include toxic materials in all sorts of things that we regularly consume, this is one of the least dangerous ways to do it. I get being against all of it, but I’d start with trying to remove the lead paint in Baltimore, which affects thousands of children a year.

[–] TrickDacy 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Lead paint has been illegal for decades. Why are you whatabout-ing this with things done in the past? It's a lot easier to simply avoid doing a new bad thing than it is to go undo a million instances of bad things done long ago.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

The lead paint is still there and landlords are still profiting off of buildings covered in it without sufficient penalties to stop.

I just don’t think it’s nearly as big a problem as it sounds like it is- I’m not saying people should go out and buy one, but it’s almost certainly not going to harm you, so you don’t need to throw one out if you already have it*

Edit: maybe do throw it out because of the nickel

[–] TrickDacy 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah that's just a separate issue. Obviously it should be addressed it's just not relevant. We can care about multiple things.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago

Of course we can, and again, I’m not trying to get people to buy them. I just don’t think the lead’s really something people need to worry about. Hell, it sounds like the nickel would actually be the big problem with these cups.