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Since Taiwan is “already part” of China, that would just be internal affairs too.

That study did only look into microplastics above a certain size.

TL;DR: bottlecaps will shed some plastic

They are the exceptions to prove that the system is “fair”.

Source: I made it the fuck up anecdote

While I, to some extent, agree with you; it is predatory behaviour by those companies and I don’t like it.
And some people are weak to such practices. Customers have to be protected from themselves to some extent, as has been shown in other industries.

Right?

Companies would never employ predatory behaviour to prey on customers, and have never had to be regulated before. It really is the customer’s fault for engaging.