_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works to 3DPrinting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoNew Study Looks At The Potential Carcinogenicity Of 3D Printinghackaday.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1112arrow-down11cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1111arrow-down1external-linkNew Study Looks At The Potential Carcinogenicity Of 3D Printinghackaday.com_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works to 3DPrinting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square21fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-square🔰Hurling⚜️Durling🔱@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·11 days agoHonestly, I love 3d printing, but I still worry about microplastics in the environment.
minus-squaregerdesj@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·11 days 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-up10·edit-211 days 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.