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-squaremessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1462arrow-down18
arrow-up1454arrow-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-squareXeroxCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·7 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-squaremoody@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·7 months agoTitanium dioxide is often used as a white pigment
minus-squareWantsToPetYourKitty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·7 months agoI work in the plastics industry. TiO2 is definitely our pigment of choice for white colorant
minus-squareBlueÆtherAlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 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