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What item you use frequently would you be least surprised to learn is secretly bad for you? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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This is sort of a shower thought because this morning I was using some shaving cream and I thought, if it turns out in 5 years this was giving me cancer, I wouldn't be surprised.

Comes out a goo, ejected from a can with force, immediately becomes a foam?

Do you have anything you use that you think might be too good to be true?

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[–] will_a113@lemmy.ml 90 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Toothbrush. In one hand it scrubs food and gunk away and helps distribute fluoride toothpaste around. On the other it’s made of tiny plastic bristles that are probably disintegrating when in your mouth and growing a fun ecosystem when out of it.

[–] LilDumpy@lemmy.world 54 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Ever since I heard of microplastic, this has been on my mind quite a bit. Although it might not be "ingested" if they are micro enough, it can probably still get absorbed every time you brush. Multiple that by every day of your life and, boom, now there's plastic in my balls and I'm 3D printing on my girl's face.

[–] dangling_cat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 2 weeks ago

boom, now there's plastic in my balls and I'm 3D printing on my girl's face.

I’m stealing it

[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

Swirl necklace

[–] flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 weeks ago

This is a clever answer and now I completely agree with you.

[–] I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I bought a uv tooth brush sterilizer. Not sure if it's doing anything useful but it's a colourful addition to the bathroom.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago

UV is good at breaking down plastics ….

[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago

In theory, your toothbrush is getting a clean twice a day. Its already covered in nice sudsy toothpaste foam and you'll (hopefully) be rubbing and rinsing that off.

The plastic disintegrating in your mouth however, yeah, I can't dispute that!

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

This is probably why dentists recommend replacing them frequently.