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Thu Aug 15, 2019, 02:51 PM Aug 2019

How to Eat Less Plastic

What's for dinner? Microplastics! Yum!

Everything is interconnected and the plastic comes back eventually and the repercussions are obvious when you pollute your own fish bowl. Pay the piper. The bill is due. Meanwhile...have some particles and dip.

Your food and water are contaminated with plastic. Here's why it's in the food system and how it could affect your health


For anyone living in the U.S. in 2019, plastic is nearly impossible to avoid: It lines soup cans, leaches out of storage containers, hides in household dust, and is found inside of toys, electronics, shampoo, cosmetics, and countless other products. It's used to make thousands of single-use items, from grocery bags to forks to candy wrappers.

But what many people don't know is that we're doing more than just using plastic. We're ingesting it, too. When you eat a bite of food or even have a sip of water, you're almost certainly taking in tiny plastic particles along with it. These ubiquitous fragments are known as microplastics


https://www.consumerreports.org/food/how-to-eat-less-plastic-microplastics-in-food-water/
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How to Eat Less Plastic (Original Post) Newest Reality Aug 2019 OP
Damn, my plan to be the first person to live forever is foiled...curses! (n/t) Moostache Aug 2019 #1
Maybe if you lined yourself in plastic sdfernando Aug 2019 #5
Might degrade slower in my box when they plant me...LOL (n/t) Moostache Aug 2019 #6
Very interesting underpants Aug 2019 #2
K&R Thanks for posting. alwaysinasnit Aug 2019 #3
Thank you. This is helpful and interesting. Mike 03 Aug 2019 #4
Every time I dip into my sea salt container, GentryDixon Aug 2019 #7

GentryDixon

(3,026 posts)
7. Every time I dip into my sea salt container,
Sun Aug 18, 2019, 02:51 PM
Aug 2019

I wonder how much of the crystals are actually plastic. 😬

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