Comment by cjflog
19 days ago
I'm working on https://laboratory.love
Laboratory.love lets you fund independent plastic chemical lab testing of the specific foods you actually buy. Think Consumer Reports meets Kickstarter, but focused on detecting endocrine disruptors in your yogurt, your kid’s snacks, or whatever you’re curious about.
Find a product (or suggest one), contribute to its testing fund, and get full lab results when testing completes. If a product doesn’t reach its goal within 365 days, you’re automatically refunded. All results are published publicly.
This project was inspired by Nat Friedman's PlasticList.org and we use the same ISO 17025-accredited methodology they did, testing three separate production lots per product (when possible) and detecting down to parts-per-billion. The entire protocol is open.
I just published new results today! Turns out Muir Glen's caned Fire Roasted Diced Tomatoes are incredibly low in plastic chemicals. Yay!
Browse funded tests, propose your own, or just follow along: https://laboratory.love
Wow, that is pretty cool! Do you run lab tests yourself, or have to engage a certified lab instead? How does that all work ?
The testing is surprisingly complex!
I partner with Light Labs to handle the testing → https://www.lightlabs.com/