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is plastic safe to consume

turtles love plastic so im asking that 91.217.58.9 (talk) 09:13, 3 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

WP:REFDESK. (CC) Tbhotch^™ 00:27, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No it's very harmful to consume plastic for the turtle as it will secret chemical bodies into the stomach which is very harmful 157.41.250.186 (talk) 16:30, 29 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 7 June 2023

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Add Extrusion to the Converting subsection of Plastic Industries. It is a common and well-known manufacturing method that is used for tubes and small components. There is even an article here! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_extrusion StrategicTuna (talk) 19:44, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Lightoil (talk) 03:01, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 25 September 2023

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Add link to Plasticosis article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasticosis) at the relevant paragraph under 'Health Effects'. Buuvfohjiqdjv (talk) 10:01, 25 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 11:27, 25 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 27 January 2024

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Please remove the errant ref tag in the fifth bullet in the section "Decomposition of plastics." Thank you. 76.14.122.5 (talk) 23:48, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done, thank you! ObserveOwl (chit-chat • my doings) 23:56, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article is about plastics

The article is about a family of materials. The lede should focus on these materials - classifications (monomers), applications (often unique), properties. Instead the lede come across almost as a rant against plastics. That kind of theme could be the basis of another article but the first responsibility of this article is to explain what these things are before complaining about how awful they are (he said, typing on an all-plastic keyboard, sitting in a plastic chair, drinking coffee from a plastic cup).--Smokefoot (talk) 14:29, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It looks about right to me. John (talk) 14:33, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Plastics is a technical topic. Few editors have the qualifications to discuss them and few have access to the technical literature. Consequently, nonexperts write about aspect they can comprehend and that they can Google - safety, environmental, recycling - easy stuff. This problem - those that do not know do most editing - is profound.--Smokefoot (talk) 15:09, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Well, yes. That's a feature of a crowd-sourced project like this. See WP:RANDY. I've got a Chemistry degree, if that helps. John (talk) 15:55, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]