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I bought a special eco friendly floss that came in a glass bottle. I accidentally dropped it on my tile bathroom floor late one night while flossing and it shattered.

Glass is heavier and more breakable than plastic. I'm not sure I want to give my baby glass cups. He tends to drop and throw things.

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#1 source of environmental and biological contaminated micro plastics source is car tire dust. https://e360.yale.edu/features/tire-pollution-toxic-chemical...

Glass tires!

Unironically just ban cars.

I doubt your baby is going to be holding glass objects 5 feet above a tile floor and also being significantly heavier they are pretty hard for babies to throw. So I don't think breakage is nearly the problem you are imagining.

On many occasions my baby has whacked the bottle out of my hand onto the floor. He can be quite strong. He also often grabs the bottle and yanks it quickly out of his mouth. When he's eating solid food in his high chair, he needs water with it. Sometimes we use a bottle, sometimes a sippy cup. The sippy cup generally ends up on the ground. Sometimes this is above a tile floor (a kitchen). Having the high chair above carpeting is not a great idea when it comes to cleaning up food that gets thrown around.

I mean.. glass baby bottles were a thing for long time before plastic.

Were injuries from glass baby bottles a thing?

In about a year into glass baby bottles and so far no injuries. They’re quite thick and don’t break easily.

Thanks for that info.

Although, if the goal is to switch entirely off of plastic, I don't think modern glass baby bottles will do that, because the ones I've seen still use plastic caps.

BTW, we just bought some glass bottles (with plastic caps) today. We'll see how they go.

That’s true. But the milk doesn’t really touch it, it touches glass and the silicone nipple.

They last a lot longer too. Plastic gradually gets stained.

Although, if the goal is to switch entirely off of plastic, I don't think modern glass baby bottles will do that, because the ones I've seen still use plastic caps.

BTW, we just bought some glass bottles (with plastic caps) today. We'll see how they go.

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