@Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 7 months agoRemember when the body washes contained literal micro plastics and were advertised as such?message-square85fedilinkarrow-up1463arrow-down18
arrow-up1455arrow-down1message-squareRemember when the body washes contained literal micro plastics and were advertised as such?@Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 7 months agomessage-square85fedilink
minus-square@XeroxCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink17•7 months agoI thought Axe Snakepeel was so cool. I thought it had titanium beads. Turns out, the beads were plastic and titanium (dioxide) was normal soap stuff (though I think just to artificially make the soap opaque). It disappeared before I was aware
minus-square@WantsToPetYourKitty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish10•7 months agoI work in the plastics industry. TiO2 is definitely our pigment of choice for white colorant
minus-squareBlueÆtherlinkfedilink2•7 months agoGod knows how many KG of that I lifted in the few years I worked in plastics
I thought Axe Snakepeel was so cool. I thought it had titanium beads. Turns out, the beads were plastic and titanium (dioxide) was normal soap stuff (though I think just to artificially make the soap opaque). It disappeared before I was aware
Titanium dioxide is often used as a white pigment
I work in the plastics industry. TiO2 is definitely our pigment of choice for white colorant
God knows how many KG of that I lifted in the few years I worked in plastics