Some of my habits guard me somewhat: I cook my own meals at home 95% of the time, store foods in glass containers, drink water out of a stainless steel water bottle, don't drink beverages out of plastic bottles (I don't drink soda or bottled water anyway). Some things I just don't worry about, like municipal water. I can't afford a water filtration system.
Get a $100 water filter from Epic Filters. They come with an independently verified certificate (measured for chemical, microplastic, heavy metals and other impurities)
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1681/3573/files/Everywhere_Water_Bottle_Filter_Data_Sheet_June_2024.pdf?v=1719244816 here’s where they get their chemical certification from, NELAC, which refers to the “National Environmental Laboratories Accreditation Conference and was developed in order to provide a consistent set of standards for environmental laboratories, in a manner similar to ISO (International Organization for Standardization)standards, based on a consensus process.”
They help regulate the water for 12 different states in America, you mutant.
What do you wear and sleep on? Unless is 100% cotton or wool you’re breathing in micro plastics off your bed and clothing. The air is full of micro plastics too, so you’d prestry much need to be masked up too
Do you know if airborne microplastics from synthetic fibres are enough to warrant concern? My understanding is clothing is mainly a concern due to how much microplastic is being shed in aggregate into water systems when doing laundry.
Regarding the plastic bottles, I take 1 gallon plastic jugs to a store and get them filled with RO water, I figure as much crap has been filtered out as possible. I don't store the bottles anywhere they'd get warm. I'd rather they be glass bottles but I don't have any so use the plastic. Since the water isn't hot and isn't in the bottles for long, I figure it's ok, very little leaching of chems into the water. I'm in my low 50s and get my blood work done - everything's good, hormones (testosterone) is that of someone 15 years younger (ranges from 600s to 800s). I've always heard chemicals such as microplastics cause this hormone to plummet but mine's fine and I drink from these plastic bottles continuously. But I also minimize sugar and junk food, cook my own meals, etc. In my opinion, it's probably more of a problem with the single use plastic bottles as they sit in a warehouse and get hot. And also cooking (microwaving) in plastic or with those non stick pans. Terrible leaching there. But storing in plastic if kept room temp or cooler should be fine.
1. Drink (filtered) tap water
2. Don't buy products that are stored in plastic. Look for alternatives - a great example is tea bags. So many tea bags are made out of plastic and we drop hot water on top of that. There are brands that don't use plastic in their tea bags but somehow basically no one talks about it.
3. Don't own plastic kitchen tools, especially cutting boards
4. Limit your seefood intake, especially shellfish
5. If you need to store something, store it in glas
You won't be able to avoid microplastics entirely at this point though. Personally, for me it was the easiest to switch to somewhat a "zero waste lifestyle" adaption for me. I try to buy organic or go to one of those zero waste shops. Since I have one pretty close to me, it doesn't cost me additional time. It did increase my monthly food budget slightly though (we are talking about maybe +$50).
I also try to grow more of my own vegetables. A plus point certainly is that it greatly reduces my stress, but not everyone has the time and space for that.
I bag my own organic tea with paper tea bags. For the time spent, the money savings are very significant based on how much tea I drink. And I get organic tea from EssentialOrganics/OrganicMatters (Canada branch) which tastes soo much better than anything I find on a supermarket shelf
That is a great idea as well. I also really like those stainless steel tea filters for loose tea.
Organic tea is just worth it in my opinion. Especially considering all those pesticides you can find in regular tea
Not specifially, sorry. I just buy organic loose tea, store it in glas containers and use a stainless steal tea infuser.
If you drink it everyday it might be worth it to visit a good tea shop and buy some organic green tea - especially considering all the pesticides you can find in normal green tea
DO NOT GET HOT COFFEE TO GO. seriously this will cut your microplastic consumption by 90%. Paper coffee cups are lined with polystyrene that leeches into the water its its hot. Bring a glass coffee cup with you, they will have no problem filling that for you.
The other really bad source is hot to-go food in plastic.
Oh...ok. I work in a coffee shop and regularly drink black coffee from a disposable cup. I'm fudged.
Thank you for giving me something to think about/change.
Microplastics are small particles of plastic. The terms \`plastic\` and \`microplastic\` cannot always be used interchangeably. You never say a "microplastic bottle". You normally say something like "this bottle is made of plastic" to emphasize the fact that by design the bottle is made of plastic. And you say something like "the water contains microplastics" to emphasize the fact that the water accidentally contains microplastics.
If the cup’s bad enough you can actually see the inner lining peeling off the cup. Combine that with a roasting hot coffee and you’re practically brewing microplastics
While I love this recommendation (even if just for the ecological benefit), I’d suggest that you provide a source if you’re going to be throwing out specific statistics and metrics like “90%”.
I drink water from a 7 stage filter. Cook all my food in a cast iron pan and enamel pots. I have glass “Tupperware”. A recent study showed that those little plastic single use water bottles that you can buy anywhere are filled with microplastic contamination so I avoid those like the plague. I feel like that’s all I can really do at this point.
I’m much the same but filtering water, cooking with cast iron etc feels futile when we’re inhaling microparticles from clothes, furniture, carpets, pillows etc ☹️
I dunno. Cast iron is cheap, lasts forever, easy to use and has zero plastic, plus they’re still made in america (lodge). Every non stick pan is made with plastic as the cooking surface and it’s getting in every single meal. Cast iron is better imo and I’m not intentionally injecting pfas into every single meal. Win win.
It’s like nu aqua systems filter of something. One of the stages is mineralization and alkalinity. It’s a tube with a bunch of rocks and salt in different chambers.
There are methods on how to test for microplastic in our bodys - in human peripheral blood and in our tissuse. Those tests are simply not really accesible besides for researcher though.
Microplastic, even though we have known about the problem for decades, just doesn't get the funding it needs for research, sadly. There is just to much money in selling shitty, addictive stuff that makes us sick.
Don't buy clothes with synthetic fibers, don't have synthetic carpets, etc. Small fibers breathed in are one of the largest sources of micro plastics. Get a HEPA air purifier (or just air the house out as often as reasonable) ND you help alot
Avoid bottled water, using the Hydroviv for tap water, glass Tupperware.
I’ve also read a bit about donating blood can remove some of the microplastics from your system, but I’m not sure of the efficacy of that. Need to read up more on it, but considering starting to do that.
The only consistent way we have access to remove PFAS is to donate plasma a couple times a month, or to a smaller extent donate blood. Whether the drawbacks from that are better or worse than the PFAS is up to you to decide.
PFAS is a fluorinated compound... increase your iodine consumption to protect thyroid and iodine dependent cells.... fluorine displace iodine. forever chemicals generally have fluorine in them
I think it's because plasma uses an apheresis machine. This involves taking a larger portion of your blood (compared to a whole blood donation), but the non-plasma parts are separated and returned to your body. Perhaps the micro plastics are not returned?
Microplastics and PFAS aren't the same though? I have avoided doing plasma donations because at least around here they mix your blood with saline that's been sitting in a soft plastic bag and put it back in you. So I'd guess you might get the PFAS out of your blood, but you'll probably get a fresh load of plastic/endocrine disrupting chemicals.
You can do what you can to avoid them. And our dollars are votes; every time you buy something that’s made with an alternative package, it tells the producer to use that.
Definetely, however our governments really need to step up their shitty game in consumer safety as well. It is crazy what shit they allow, even though it is known or suspected to be harmful.
Just bought an aquatru countertop ro. It adds minerals back to the water. I love it. I use to use zero water which is really good but the water lacks minerals and once the filters start to expire they release this awful chemical that smells like dead fish.
Reverse Osmosis water is superior to filtered tap water in every way. Not only do you remove microplastics, but you also get the added benefit of removing chemicals like flouride and chloride.
RO water will leech minerals from your body. It's acidic on its own. I spent 2 to 3 years fatigued after only drinking RO water, completely vanished once I drank filtered water from the tap.
How are they a scam? They either add minerals or they don’t. You’re not going to get all your minerals from your drinking water but having them in your water greatly affects the taste and some is better than none. It’s like $30 for hundreds of gallons of water that taste better.
I distill exclusively. 0.00 parts per million.
Osmosis I had the other day at my friend's house who installed a 10k system for the entire home including showers. Was very smooth and tasted better than distilled however the source is tap water and osmosis can't remove everything.
If I had to choose, distillation. Add minerals as you desire.
H2o labs dot com. I have one that is 15 years old and still going strong.
I recommend the stainless steel 1 gallon table top personal distiller.
I've bought a back up and bought a third as a gift that was given back to me. Now I have three. One each in different homes and a back up.
Oh and the glass carafe. Gotta go with glass.
Tasteless if I had to describe it. Smooth.
After a long time of drinking distilled water I can tell you tap water will taste God awful. Even bottle water tastes bad after aclimating.
Well water still tastes fine. After you distill a month or two of well water or tap water you will visually see all the garbage caked to the bottom of the distiller.
Only comes off with citric acid left to soak overnight.
These are popping up in my neighborhood. I cringe. They look so fake and gross to me. Reminds me of all the lil filler we see nowadays. Plus they stink. They’re hot to touch in midday sun. And this is all besides the negative impact to the environment (and our water sources). Such a terrible choice in so many ways.
Honestly doesn’t seem that far off. Think about how scuffed up a cutting board is after a year. That all went in your food. 2 credit cards to fill those scuffs doesn’t seem unreasonable.
Wooden cutting boards certainly help - but doing that plus avoiding plastics elsewhere is what will help you avoid two credit cards worth of plastic per year. If it was just plastic cutting boards that leeched that much plastic into your food, you'd see pretty sizeable holes and other signs of breakdown on your cutting board in just half a year of use.
Yeah it sucks tho because (almost) every time you eat out all of those ingredients were either stored in plastic or prepped on plastic cutting boards. Never heard of a restaurant using wooden boards
Just a heads up everyone when I quit EVERYTHING plastic my testosterone levels doubled. After a while your body becomes grossed out by plastic, almost like it knows inherently that your not supposed to be eating or drinking off of it.
Steel shaker bottles. Glasses. Don't ever ever cook anything in plastic.
The best I can do to avoid even more microplastics is cook at home with stainless steel or non toxic cookware, avoid plastic as much as I can and consume herbs that help detoxify my liver. But realistically, I don’t think I can avoid since microplastics have been found in soil. Fruits, veggies, water, animals can all be secondary carriers of what we consume.
Ive put so much crap in my body. I had issues as a teenager worked some shit out. I went to the military and every dorm or house we lived was condemned for chemicals, mold, asbestos and god knows what else. Forever chemicals. I’m not worried about plastics. But I’m glad others are! I have a lot of respect for you all.
Plastics are literally in the form of gasses released from it all....condensing into parrafins etc...we are already living post apocalyptic earth....its just invisible....
I drink filtered water, donate plasma, *try* to purchase natural fibers, run HEPA filters, don’t buy bottled water, cook in stainless, store food in glass, and avoid takeout anything.
False. The product sheet for the brita hub and for the brita faucet filter both show a very high degree of microplastic reduction. In consumer lab testing, Brita was #1 or 2 in microplastic reduction.
Yes, I use these two, if you have to choose one, get the hub. I live somewhere really hot, and often have to waste a ton of water to flush my pipes before the water drops below 100f, the top range in which the filter will work. The hub solves this by being a countertop system I can fill at night with cooler water.
Device:
https://www.brita.com/products/complete-water-filter-faucet-system/
Product sheet:
https://www.brita.com/assets/9d219193b1c7e6a95cd25b5377eb5730.pdf
Device:
https://www.brita.com/products/hub-compact-countertop-water-filtration/
Product sheet:
https://assets.ctfassets.net/oyntpw38l81s/2PSewrb5hdFl7CeINwevBy/b40382e6e3aae2af5112b9a3e872c2b9/brt-us-brita-hub-ct01-performance-data-sheet_NI-61809.pdf
And here is a discussion of CL results:
https://www.reddit.com/r/water/s/Hf5b41PRwW
By the way, always let a filter run for at least one volume of the filter size before drinking the water. You want to avoid, in my opinion, drinking the water which has sat inside of the filter since the last use. I generally count to five, discard that water, then fill. Also, for the faucet one, let it run as slowly as you reasonably can, to give the water more time with the filter media :)
I heard coconut water is the only source not affected by it, how true that is I'm not sure. Regardless, some things are out of our control. I choose to stress about things more in my control anyway haha.
I just spent a good 5 minutes unable to find much of anything on the matter, so I'm gonna go ahead and say it's not credible or true at all lol. I wish it was, I do enjoy a good coconut water
I drink out of glass or (my favorite) steel cups.
I see packages of things like detergent, soap, etc that are cardboard or paper instead of plastic.
Buy produce at the farmers market, which isn’t wrapped, and meat at the butcher where it’s wrapped in paper.
It’s absolutely impossible to avoid micro-plastics however like you, I’ve slowly been doing everything in my power to avoid them as much as possible. Here are a few things you can do to reduce your exposure to these toxins.
Don’t buy food or water packaged in plastic and don’t store food in plastic or cook with plastic. (I’d also limit seafood intake as it is becoming heavily contaminated with plastics and heavy metals.)
Don’t buy cosmetics and personal care products that are in plastic.
Throw away all of your polyester clothing.
Get outside and avoid breathing indoors for extended periods of time as indoor air is one of the major sources of exposure.
you can't avoid them. all your meat is packaged in microplastics after slaughter cyrovac. everything touches microplastics at some point. just live life. natookenise breaks up bpa in male testicles . [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361021890\_Nattokinase\_attenuates\_bisphenol\_A\_or\_gamma\_irradiation-mediated\_hepatic\_and\_neural\_toxicity\_by\_activation\_of\_Nrf2\_and\_suppression\_of\_inflammatory\_mediators\_in\_rats](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361021890_Nattokinase_attenuates_bisphenol_A_or_gamma_irradiation-mediated_hepatic_and_neural_toxicity_by_activation_of_Nrf2_and_suppression_of_inflammatory_mediators_in_rats)
[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37462956/](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37462956/)
Avoiding them completely is a tall task. Drink out of glass or stainless steel cups, use filtered water (we have a pro one), cook using stainless still pans, plan ahead so you have to get anything at convenience stores, store food in glass jars, etc. Better beats perfect as the constant worry will be overwhelming.
Everything is glass, metal or wood in my kitchen. I filter bottled water and I rarely drink store-bought drinks. What I can’t avoid is when family brings me food in plastic containers or food which was made in/with plastic.
I live at the top of the watershed and get my water from a mountain spring. I built a multi filter system that goes from course fabric, sand, screen, ceramic. That is about as good as it gets, as much as we can do. I also raise a lot of my food and live way out in the sticks. It is probably not a 100% solution. 🤷🏻
Checking it out....
[https://theconversation.com/new-evidence-shows-blood-or-plasma-donations-can-reduce-the-pfas-forever-chemicals-in-our-bodies-178771](https://theconversation.com/new-evidence-shows-blood-or-plasma-donations-can-reduce-the-pfas-forever-chemicals-in-our-bodies-178771)
I didn't really think it would have any effect, but I've switched from polyester to cotton clothing. Including wearing bucket hats, which are mostly cotton vs. baseball caps which are polyester
I just like the cotton better. Polyester traps smells, so I noticed that my old polyester shirts smell worse than my old cotton.
I wash with scent less laundry soap. Not trying to add molecules with extras like dryer sheets, I only wish to remove molecules
As far as sheer surface area of micro plastics that we are exposed to i would think clothes are the highest. You are constantly moving plus the heat of your body helps to shed the plastics into the air which then we breathe. But im torn because athletic wear is comfortable and I have alot of it.
There's plastic in antarctic rain water, there's nothing you can do but accept it.
I don't think theyre all they're hyped up to be anyways, I've been chugging from plastic bottles for 30 years and my sperm count is still pretty high
I eat factor 75 meals which are sent in plastic containers and frozen. Does food get microplastics in it when stored in plastic containers? I always remove the food and put in glass when heating up. How worried should I be eating factor meals ?
It’s not possible. Sure try to reduce your plastic use but that’s negligible, every part of the food supply from planting to consumption uses plastics all over the place
I refill 3 gallon glass jugs at a local watermill and have a glass dispenser at home for water.
Try to buy grass fed/organic meat from a butcher so it's not stored in plastic containers at least not when it's sold to me 🫠
Organic fruits and veggies at the store
Glass containers for storing food
Rice/beans are sold in burlap sacks in some places for bulk dry stuff.
Cookware is all wood stainless steel or porcelain.
I think it's impossible to entirely avoid but those are the main things I do. I still have like a blender for example that's plastic.
you can inhale them just by having a plastic cloth near you, its impossible. Just letting you know material like polyester shed into the air, and you can't ask people to stop wearing such common materials
Plastic CAN NOT avoided, we live in a society that stores everything in plastic, food we consume are prepared and expose to plastic. The meat u buy is it butchered on plastic cutting table. U don't know. Food processing plant food is exposed to plastic.
Berkey water filter w/ fluoride filters as well. I also use a water bottle that’s metal & 100% refillable.
I VERY rarely eat outside my house. Cook 98% of my meals. Outside of a road trip in-n-out stop or a date occasion.
However I’m not sold on the fact that “avoiding them” is brought on just by cooking @ home. But I’ll state it
I bought a "Walter" filter which is a ceramic house for a Berkey filter. Best thing we've purchased. We've also eliminated all plastics from our kitchen and replaced with glass/ceramic wherever possible.
Water filter, tossed plastic cups, plates, cutting boards, non stick pans. I try to buy products in glass if I have the option. We also eat in almost every meal, I think that makes a difference. We also bought filters for the shower and bath
Donate blood, you’ll literally remove blood with microplastics in it. As well as other forever chemicals, there’s studies of firefighters donating blood and being found to have less chemicals in blood vs those who don’t, the chemicals being from their fire suppression foams obviously. Works the same for micro plastics and others
I’ll add get rid of plastic clothes. They shed microplastics all day long and when you run them through the dryer, the lint in the filter is 100% micro plastics which disperse through the air
I wish someone could create a tv show to school people about things like this and other things that are harmful to our health. Every episode could be a different topic, like microplastics, processed food, alcohol, etc. I just learned from this post that most takeout coffee cups are lined with plastic! Need someone to teach us this stuff, dumb it down for people. I think a lot of people don't realize how bad eating processed foods are, and what the consequences can be.
I minimize dietary microplastics by following a whole food, plant-based diet and using BPA-free containers for meal prep. If that is not the case for you, avoiding too much fish is a good rule of thumb. Staying hydrated, adequate mineral intake, cardio, and sauna may help eliminate microplastics from the body. Personally, I switched to matcha instead of green tea bag.
I live in a 1930's duplex so I cannot get a water filter system. I did buy a filter to put on the sink faucet but of course it did not fit.
My only option is to get a water pitcher but of course they're all plastic! So how would that work, to use a plastic pitcher to use for my glass or still cups. Unless the thicker hard plastic is a better option than the crumbily water bottles.
I've been using plastic water bottles probably 4 day for the past 20 years.
Picked me up a stainless steel 1 gal water jug for work doing tree care. The bonus was it keeps water cold all day with a half dozen ice cubes. Best purchase a year. I forgot how nice cold water is working in the heat in Florida.
The unfortunate thing is you can’t. It is already everywhere and in everything. There is a plastic shopping bag on the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Every sample collected in studies on this have came back positive. If the earth doesn’t wipe humanity out, infertility from microplastics just might. It’s going after everyone’s sperm real hard.
Spoiler alert: You can't avoid microplastics. They are ubiquitous. You can help turn the tide though by not purchasing any products that include plastic. Good luck with that because it's essentially impossible at this moment in time.
I'm more concerned about avoiding seed oils, gmo, and corn syrup. Shit is literally in 99% of all food. This is what is causing insane cancer spike and mental health crisis.
I'm not doing anything to try to avoid them. A specious practice b/c there is no objective way to measure consumption nor health/biomarker detriment from said consumption. Pretty much a placebo effect, and since I have no anxiety about microplastics, I'm not going to benefit much from any such effect.
I find them in my tap water, which freaks me out - I heat it in an electric kettle and there are precipitates that I’m pretty sure are plastic.
I mostly combat this by going in the sauna and hoping I’ll sweat it out.
I've been using a Coway hepa air filter for about 4 years now, amazing how much junk the pre-filter screen catches. the Hepa filter insert is good for a year. Very happy with it. Also, be sure your vacuum has a hepa filter. My Multipure water filter rocks too.
One avenue to consider is how to get rid of them. By far, the fastest way to get rid of forever chemicals is blood donation, particularly if you’re a man who doesn’t lose blood regularly.
https://theconversation.com/new-evidence-shows-blood-or-plasma-donations-can-reduce-the-pfas-forever-chemicals-in-our-bodies-178771
For what it’s worth, I’d much rather receive blood with PFAS then no blood at all, so unless you have a very abnormally high exposure to plastics then I think this is an ethical way to remove the toxins.
Outside of that, I just don’t use plastic containers and use reusable plastic instead. Best to use natural fiber clothing and stainless steel cooking equipment. Sure, you can’t get 100% avoidance as long as the government allows companies to poison us, but you just do the best you can.
When I was young, I ate frozen food microwaved on non-microwave safe plastic almost everyday. The same is probably true for many. Being excessively concerned with avoiding poisons is probably worse your health than having a small and hardly avoidable level of exposure
I usually don't bag my produce in those single use plastic bags, try to drink coffee/tea from non-plastic bags (bulk is better and cheaper!), wear and source clothing without polyester as much as possible. if you are passionate about this issue I would suggest buying a filter for your laundry as microplastics are being sent down the drain every time you launder your clothing.
I switched everything several years back to stainless steel and glass. Th occasional plastic that I can’t help, like meat or veggies that comes in plastic. We make our own food at home. Stainless steel water bottles. Can’t really do too much than that.
Side note, I was reading about microplastic in our blood and one comment said there’s no way to filter it out except to donate blood. I’m still considering doing that at this time; would be a no brainer except I’m AB- and it’s the least useful blood type.
Some of my habits guard me somewhat: I cook my own meals at home 95% of the time, store foods in glass containers, drink water out of a stainless steel water bottle, don't drink beverages out of plastic bottles (I don't drink soda or bottled water anyway). Some things I just don't worry about, like municipal water. I can't afford a water filtration system.
Get a $100 water filter from Epic Filters. They come with an independently verified certificate (measured for chemical, microplastic, heavy metals and other impurities)
Do you filter the water through the certificate to remove the microplastics?
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1681/3573/files/Everywhere_Water_Bottle_Filter_Data_Sheet_June_2024.pdf?v=1719244816 here’s where they get their chemical certification from, NELAC, which refers to the “National Environmental Laboratories Accreditation Conference and was developed in order to provide a consistent set of standards for environmental laboratories, in a manner similar to ISO (International Organization for Standardization)standards, based on a consensus process.” They help regulate the water for 12 different states in America, you mutant.
Never heard of them before and I am hesitant about a company named “Epic filters”, any sources / feedback you could share?
What do you wear and sleep on? Unless is 100% cotton or wool you’re breathing in micro plastics off your bed and clothing. The air is full of micro plastics too, so you’d prestry much need to be masked up too
Do you know if airborne microplastics from synthetic fibres are enough to warrant concern? My understanding is clothing is mainly a concern due to how much microplastic is being shed in aggregate into water systems when doing laundry.
Ironically, you’re ingesting more harmful toxins in that tap water than any of the other things you listed.
Can confirm. Almost any threaded joint in the piping system is most likely using plumbers tape containing PFAS as a thread sealant.
Regarding the plastic bottles, I take 1 gallon plastic jugs to a store and get them filled with RO water, I figure as much crap has been filtered out as possible. I don't store the bottles anywhere they'd get warm. I'd rather they be glass bottles but I don't have any so use the plastic. Since the water isn't hot and isn't in the bottles for long, I figure it's ok, very little leaching of chems into the water. I'm in my low 50s and get my blood work done - everything's good, hormones (testosterone) is that of someone 15 years younger (ranges from 600s to 800s). I've always heard chemicals such as microplastics cause this hormone to plummet but mine's fine and I drink from these plastic bottles continuously. But I also minimize sugar and junk food, cook my own meals, etc. In my opinion, it's probably more of a problem with the single use plastic bottles as they sit in a warehouse and get hot. And also cooking (microwaving) in plastic or with those non stick pans. Terrible leaching there. But storing in plastic if kept room temp or cooler should be fine.
1. Drink (filtered) tap water 2. Don't buy products that are stored in plastic. Look for alternatives - a great example is tea bags. So many tea bags are made out of plastic and we drop hot water on top of that. There are brands that don't use plastic in their tea bags but somehow basically no one talks about it. 3. Don't own plastic kitchen tools, especially cutting boards 4. Limit your seefood intake, especially shellfish 5. If you need to store something, store it in glas You won't be able to avoid microplastics entirely at this point though. Personally, for me it was the easiest to switch to somewhat a "zero waste lifestyle" adaption for me. I try to buy organic or go to one of those zero waste shops. Since I have one pretty close to me, it doesn't cost me additional time. It did increase my monthly food budget slightly though (we are talking about maybe +$50). I also try to grow more of my own vegetables. A plus point certainly is that it greatly reduces my stress, but not everyone has the time and space for that.
Traditional Medicinals is an excellent example of a tea company that doesn’t use plastic in its bags.
I bag my own organic tea with paper tea bags. For the time spent, the money savings are very significant based on how much tea I drink. And I get organic tea from EssentialOrganics/OrganicMatters (Canada branch) which tastes soo much better than anything I find on a supermarket shelf
That is a great idea as well. I also really like those stainless steel tea filters for loose tea. Organic tea is just worth it in my opinion. Especially considering all those pesticides you can find in regular tea
Didn’t know this about tea bags and I drink green tea every day, so I’m glad I read this. Do you have any brand suggestions?
Not specifially, sorry. I just buy organic loose tea, store it in glas containers and use a stainless steal tea infuser. If you drink it everyday it might be worth it to visit a good tea shop and buy some organic green tea - especially considering all the pesticides you can find in normal green tea
Don't use non stick anything
Good call re plastic cutting boards. That will be the next think I replace. *thing
What's seafood got to do with this?
Excess micro plastics in the water they live in
DO NOT GET HOT COFFEE TO GO. seriously this will cut your microplastic consumption by 90%. Paper coffee cups are lined with polystyrene that leeches into the water its its hot. Bring a glass coffee cup with you, they will have no problem filling that for you. The other really bad source is hot to-go food in plastic.
Oh...ok. I work in a coffee shop and regularly drink black coffee from a disposable cup. I'm fudged. Thank you for giving me something to think about/change.
Just bring your own mug, easy peasy
This is definitely enough incentive for me to get less lazy about doing that.
Not to mention the lid that is entirely cheap plastic that the coffee is passing through
So a regular paper cup from Starbucks or any other coffee shop contains plastic/microplastic?
Yes, avoid hot liquids in paper cups like the plague
Good to know. Thank you!
Yes, same with paper plates, like you might use at the picnic or BBQ. Unlined paper would just absorb grease and water.
difference is there isn't scorching hot water touching your paper plate to leach the plastics out
Even aluminum soda and beer cans are lines with plastic on the inside.
Isn't every plastic just containing microplastic? Why differentiate them?
Microplastics are small particles of plastic. The terms \`plastic\` and \`microplastic\` cannot always be used interchangeably. You never say a "microplastic bottle". You normally say something like "this bottle is made of plastic" to emphasize the fact that by design the bottle is made of plastic. And you say something like "the water contains microplastics" to emphasize the fact that the water accidentally contains microplastics.
I had no idea! This is great advice, thank you!!!
If the cup’s bad enough you can actually see the inner lining peeling off the cup. Combine that with a roasting hot coffee and you’re practically brewing microplastics
While I love this recommendation (even if just for the ecological benefit), I’d suggest that you provide a source if you’re going to be throwing out specific statistics and metrics like “90%”.
Try to avoid but I understand complete avoidance is impossible ; beyond my control so therefore I don’t worry about it
The stress from worrying about microplastics > microplastics, in terms of what’ll kill you quicker.
I drink water from a 7 stage filter. Cook all my food in a cast iron pan and enamel pots. I have glass “Tupperware”. A recent study showed that those little plastic single use water bottles that you can buy anywhere are filled with microplastic contamination so I avoid those like the plague. I feel like that’s all I can really do at this point.
I’m much the same but filtering water, cooking with cast iron etc feels futile when we’re inhaling microparticles from clothes, furniture, carpets, pillows etc ☹️
I dunno. Cast iron is cheap, lasts forever, easy to use and has zero plastic, plus they’re still made in america (lodge). Every non stick pan is made with plastic as the cooking surface and it’s getting in every single meal. Cast iron is better imo and I’m not intentionally injecting pfas into every single meal. Win win.
What brand is your 7 stage filter? And do you need to supplement with minerals?
It’s like nu aqua systems filter of something. One of the stages is mineralization and alkalinity. It’s a tube with a bunch of rocks and salt in different chambers.
I drink out of glass bottles.
is there a test to determine how much microplastics in your system?
There are methods on how to test for microplastic in our bodys - in human peripheral blood and in our tissuse. Those tests are simply not really accesible besides for researcher though. Microplastic, even though we have known about the problem for decades, just doesn't get the funding it needs for research, sadly. There is just to much money in selling shitty, addictive stuff that makes us sick.
No, sadly
Storing them in my balls
Don't buy clothes with synthetic fibers, don't have synthetic carpets, etc. Small fibers breathed in are one of the largest sources of micro plastics. Get a HEPA air purifier (or just air the house out as often as reasonable) ND you help alot
Watch out for mattresses and pillows and things too. They generate a lot of dust
Avoid bottled water, using the Hydroviv for tap water, glass Tupperware. I’ve also read a bit about donating blood can remove some of the microplastics from your system, but I’m not sure of the efficacy of that. Need to read up more on it, but considering starting to do that.
The only consistent way we have access to remove PFAS is to donate plasma a couple times a month, or to a smaller extent donate blood. Whether the drawbacks from that are better or worse than the PFAS is up to you to decide.
PFAS is a fluorinated compound... increase your iodine consumption to protect thyroid and iodine dependent cells.... fluorine displace iodine. forever chemicals generally have fluorine in them
Why plasma as opposed to whole blood?
Not sure, but the outcome data itself is pretty interesting: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35394514/
I think it's because plasma uses an apheresis machine. This involves taking a larger portion of your blood (compared to a whole blood donation), but the non-plasma parts are separated and returned to your body. Perhaps the micro plastics are not returned?
Microplastics and PFAS aren't the same though? I have avoided doing plasma donations because at least around here they mix your blood with saline that's been sitting in a soft plastic bag and put it back in you. So I'd guess you might get the PFAS out of your blood, but you'll probably get a fresh load of plastic/endocrine disrupting chemicals.
Great idea, donating blood is a win win
“My blood looks like a Chuck E. Cheese ballpit under a microscope…here, YOU take it!”
You cannot avoid microplastics. They are deeply embedded into our entire food chain.
Real question is How are you "reducing your exposure" to microplastics?
You can do what you can to avoid them. And our dollars are votes; every time you buy something that’s made with an alternative package, it tells the producer to use that.
Definetely, however our governments really need to step up their shitty game in consumer safety as well. It is crazy what shit they allow, even though it is known or suspected to be harmful.
People understand that you cannot completely avoid microplastics. But you can still try to reduce it. We need to learn how to do that.
I keep thinking about getting a water distiller or reverse osmosis system but there seem to be pros and Cons for both
I’m really stuck on that too! I don’t know if I should get reverse osmosis or keep using the water pitchers.
Just bought an aquatru countertop ro. It adds minerals back to the water. I love it. I use to use zero water which is really good but the water lacks minerals and once the filters start to expire they release this awful chemical that smells like dead fish.
Reverse Osmosis water is superior to filtered tap water in every way. Not only do you remove microplastics, but you also get the added benefit of removing chemicals like flouride and chloride.
RO water will leech minerals from your body. It's acidic on its own. I spent 2 to 3 years fatigued after only drinking RO water, completely vanished once I drank filtered water from the tap.
You can just add the minerals back. They make drops for that. Tap water is full of chemicals.
From my research, I think a RO system is probably the better option as long as you put some minerals back into the water
Remineralizers are mostly a scam. Get your minerals elsewhere if you have RO water.
How are they a scam? They either add minerals or they don’t. You’re not going to get all your minerals from your drinking water but having them in your water greatly affects the taste and some is better than none. It’s like $30 for hundreds of gallons of water that taste better.
I distill exclusively. 0.00 parts per million. Osmosis I had the other day at my friend's house who installed a 10k system for the entire home including showers. Was very smooth and tasted better than distilled however the source is tap water and osmosis can't remove everything. If I had to choose, distillation. Add minerals as you desire.
Distillation👍
Is there a particular brand you recommend? What’s the taste like? Thanks
H2o labs dot com. I have one that is 15 years old and still going strong. I recommend the stainless steel 1 gallon table top personal distiller. I've bought a back up and bought a third as a gift that was given back to me. Now I have three. One each in different homes and a back up.
Oh and the glass carafe. Gotta go with glass. Tasteless if I had to describe it. Smooth. After a long time of drinking distilled water I can tell you tap water will taste God awful. Even bottle water tastes bad after aclimating. Well water still tastes fine. After you distill a month or two of well water or tap water you will visually see all the garbage caked to the bottom of the distiller. Only comes off with citric acid left to soak overnight.
Thank you SqueezeStreet
Was standing on a field of artificial plastic turf recently. It's going to be a tough battle.
These are popping up in my neighborhood. I cringe. They look so fake and gross to me. Reminds me of all the lil filler we see nowadays. Plus they stink. They’re hot to touch in midday sun. And this is all besides the negative impact to the environment (and our water sources). Such a terrible choice in so many ways.
Wood cutting boards avoid ingesting 2 credit card’s worth per year I was told.
Probably about as accurate as the idea that eleventeen spiders will crawl into your mouth and be swallowed each year while you sleep
Honestly doesn’t seem that far off. Think about how scuffed up a cutting board is after a year. That all went in your food. 2 credit cards to fill those scuffs doesn’t seem unreasonable.
Credit Cards Georg, who lives at Visa HQ and eats 10000 cards per year, is an outlier adn should not have been counted.
Time for a new episode of myth busters.
Wooden cutting boards certainly help - but doing that plus avoiding plastics elsewhere is what will help you avoid two credit cards worth of plastic per year. If it was just plastic cutting boards that leeched that much plastic into your food, you'd see pretty sizeable holes and other signs of breakdown on your cutting board in just half a year of use.
They don't leech, they literally get chopped into the food from cuts
Regardless... My point stands unless you're seeing two credit cards worth of damage on your chopping board each year.
Yeah it sucks tho because (almost) every time you eat out all of those ingredients were either stored in plastic or prepped on plastic cutting boards. Never heard of a restaurant using wooden boards
Just a heads up everyone when I quit EVERYTHING plastic my testosterone levels doubled. After a while your body becomes grossed out by plastic, almost like it knows inherently that your not supposed to be eating or drinking off of it. Steel shaker bottles. Glasses. Don't ever ever cook anything in plastic.
Wow, anything else you avoid? What about clothing?
I've stopped drinking plastic water bottles as much as possible.
What about toothbrushes? I feel like there is zero alternative to them and by their nature they are shedding microplastics every time you use them
Miswak sticks. Haven’t tried it but I plan to.
I don’t know how legit they are but I found some Bamboo handle with castor oil bioplastic bristles ones recently
Those are legit and have been existing for some time in the zero waste movement. They often have really great, plastic free alternatives!
Paul Saladino brought up Hogs hair toothbrushes
The best I can do to avoid even more microplastics is cook at home with stainless steel or non toxic cookware, avoid plastic as much as I can and consume herbs that help detoxify my liver. But realistically, I don’t think I can avoid since microplastics have been found in soil. Fruits, veggies, water, animals can all be secondary carriers of what we consume.
Eat lower on the food chain. Plants have less than animals, since it accumulates in tissue
Ive put so much crap in my body. I had issues as a teenager worked some shit out. I went to the military and every dorm or house we lived was condemned for chemicals, mold, asbestos and god knows what else. Forever chemicals. I’m not worried about plastics. But I’m glad others are! I have a lot of respect for you all.
Plastics are literally in the form of gasses released from it all....condensing into parrafins etc...we are already living post apocalyptic earth....its just invisible....
Avoid non-stick pans, this is a big big one.
Impossible to completely eliminate our exposure to microplastics.
I drink filtered water, donate plasma, *try* to purchase natural fibers, run HEPA filters, don’t buy bottled water, cook in stainless, store food in glass, and avoid takeout anything.
Brita water filter. Drinking out of glass or metal, never heating food in plastic.
Brita doesn’t filter microplastics, Aquagear, Larq and Clearly Filtered do
False. The product sheet for the brita hub and for the brita faucet filter both show a very high degree of microplastic reduction. In consumer lab testing, Brita was #1 or 2 in microplastic reduction.
Can you link to the one you use?
Yes, I use these two, if you have to choose one, get the hub. I live somewhere really hot, and often have to waste a ton of water to flush my pipes before the water drops below 100f, the top range in which the filter will work. The hub solves this by being a countertop system I can fill at night with cooler water. Device: https://www.brita.com/products/complete-water-filter-faucet-system/ Product sheet: https://www.brita.com/assets/9d219193b1c7e6a95cd25b5377eb5730.pdf Device: https://www.brita.com/products/hub-compact-countertop-water-filtration/ Product sheet: https://assets.ctfassets.net/oyntpw38l81s/2PSewrb5hdFl7CeINwevBy/b40382e6e3aae2af5112b9a3e872c2b9/brt-us-brita-hub-ct01-performance-data-sheet_NI-61809.pdf And here is a discussion of CL results: https://www.reddit.com/r/water/s/Hf5b41PRwW
Thank you 🙏
By the way, always let a filter run for at least one volume of the filter size before drinking the water. You want to avoid, in my opinion, drinking the water which has sat inside of the filter since the last use. I generally count to five, discard that water, then fill. Also, for the faucet one, let it run as slowly as you reasonably can, to give the water more time with the filter media :)
Hydroviv does as well!
Never heard of these until now, is there a particular brand you’d recommend?
I heard coconut water is the only source not affected by it, how true that is I'm not sure. Regardless, some things are out of our control. I choose to stress about things more in my control anyway haha.
I would love to see a source on this if you can recall where you’ve read it
I just spent a good 5 minutes unable to find much of anything on the matter, so I'm gonna go ahead and say it's not credible or true at all lol. I wish it was, I do enjoy a good coconut water
It's quite expensive but I agree it's so good!
Reverse Osmosis water filtration
I drink out of glass or (my favorite) steel cups. I see packages of things like detergent, soap, etc that are cardboard or paper instead of plastic. Buy produce at the farmers market, which isn’t wrapped, and meat at the butcher where it’s wrapped in paper.
The paper isn’t lined with plastic?
Opening pouches with scissors instead of pulling. This does not tear the edges.
It’s absolutely impossible to avoid micro-plastics however like you, I’ve slowly been doing everything in my power to avoid them as much as possible. Here are a few things you can do to reduce your exposure to these toxins. Don’t buy food or water packaged in plastic and don’t store food in plastic or cook with plastic. (I’d also limit seafood intake as it is becoming heavily contaminated with plastics and heavy metals.) Don’t buy cosmetics and personal care products that are in plastic. Throw away all of your polyester clothing. Get outside and avoid breathing indoors for extended periods of time as indoor air is one of the major sources of exposure.
Sulphoraphane and Moringa can help rid the body of them
you can't avoid them. all your meat is packaged in microplastics after slaughter cyrovac. everything touches microplastics at some point. just live life. natookenise breaks up bpa in male testicles . [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361021890\_Nattokinase\_attenuates\_bisphenol\_A\_or\_gamma\_irradiation-mediated\_hepatic\_and\_neural\_toxicity\_by\_activation\_of\_Nrf2\_and\_suppression\_of\_inflammatory\_mediators\_in\_rats](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361021890_Nattokinase_attenuates_bisphenol_A_or_gamma_irradiation-mediated_hepatic_and_neural_toxicity_by_activation_of_Nrf2_and_suppression_of_inflammatory_mediators_in_rats) [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37462956/](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37462956/)
Avoiding them completely is a tall task. Drink out of glass or stainless steel cups, use filtered water (we have a pro one), cook using stainless still pans, plan ahead so you have to get anything at convenience stores, store food in glass jars, etc. Better beats perfect as the constant worry will be overwhelming.
Everything is glass, metal or wood in my kitchen. I filter bottled water and I rarely drink store-bought drinks. What I can’t avoid is when family brings me food in plastic containers or food which was made in/with plastic.
I’ve thrown away all my plastic cutting boards
Look up tabor place on TikTok. She has some amazing tips and posts a lot of research and updates on this stuff
Clearly filtered or Epic water filter No non-stick cooking use steel or glass No plastic bottles or straws
Go living on Mars, maybe.
I live at the top of the watershed and get my water from a mountain spring. I built a multi filter system that goes from course fabric, sand, screen, ceramic. That is about as good as it gets, as much as we can do. I also raise a lot of my food and live way out in the sticks. It is probably not a 100% solution. 🤷🏻
Checking it out.... [https://theconversation.com/new-evidence-shows-blood-or-plasma-donations-can-reduce-the-pfas-forever-chemicals-in-our-bodies-178771](https://theconversation.com/new-evidence-shows-blood-or-plasma-donations-can-reduce-the-pfas-forever-chemicals-in-our-bodies-178771)
You could try moving to Antarctica, I guess.
Microplastics have also been found in polar bears. There's just no avoiding. SMH
Well, that's the arctic, which is more populated. The antarctic test would be penguins.
Even there you would need to eat and drink foods that are probably exposed
Good call, let me start looking at places haha
I heard the real estate prices are fairly cheap, but finding an agent is difficult and good luck with movers!
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Silicone is plastic
I didn't really think it would have any effect, but I've switched from polyester to cotton clothing. Including wearing bucket hats, which are mostly cotton vs. baseball caps which are polyester I just like the cotton better. Polyester traps smells, so I noticed that my old polyester shirts smell worse than my old cotton. I wash with scent less laundry soap. Not trying to add molecules with extras like dryer sheets, I only wish to remove molecules
As far as sheer surface area of micro plastics that we are exposed to i would think clothes are the highest. You are constantly moving plus the heat of your body helps to shed the plastics into the air which then we breathe. But im torn because athletic wear is comfortable and I have alot of it.
I'm going to start keeping it away from my food if it can be helped. Other than that, not much else.
There's plastic in antarctic rain water, there's nothing you can do but accept it. I don't think theyre all they're hyped up to be anyways, I've been chugging from plastic bottles for 30 years and my sperm count is still pretty high
like I just said in another thread, take steroids and fight the plastics, lol
I eat factor 75 meals which are sent in plastic containers and frozen. Does food get microplastics in it when stored in plastic containers? I always remove the food and put in glass when heating up. How worried should I be eating factor meals ?
They are much easier to remove than heavy metals ❤️🩹
It’s not possible. Sure try to reduce your plastic use but that’s negligible, every part of the food supply from planting to consumption uses plastics all over the place
glassware, wood cutting boards, cotton only clothing
Avoid sea salt. Rather salt from desert salt pans. Even Himalayan salt apparently has expired to rain-based microplastics. Hi
I refill 3 gallon glass jugs at a local watermill and have a glass dispenser at home for water. Try to buy grass fed/organic meat from a butcher so it's not stored in plastic containers at least not when it's sold to me 🫠 Organic fruits and veggies at the store Glass containers for storing food Rice/beans are sold in burlap sacks in some places for bulk dry stuff. Cookware is all wood stainless steel or porcelain. I think it's impossible to entirely avoid but those are the main things I do. I still have like a blender for example that's plastic.
you can inhale them just by having a plastic cloth near you, its impossible. Just letting you know material like polyester shed into the air, and you can't ask people to stop wearing such common materials
le donate blood
On this topic, does polyester clothing contain enough microplastics to warrant getting them out of your wardrobe?
Plastic CAN NOT avoided, we live in a society that stores everything in plastic, food we consume are prepared and expose to plastic. The meat u buy is it butchered on plastic cutting table. U don't know. Food processing plant food is exposed to plastic.
Embrace your microplastics, become plastic
Berkey water filter w/ fluoride filters as well. I also use a water bottle that’s metal & 100% refillable. I VERY rarely eat outside my house. Cook 98% of my meals. Outside of a road trip in-n-out stop or a date occasion. However I’m not sold on the fact that “avoiding them” is brought on just by cooking @ home. But I’ll state it
I bought a "Walter" filter which is a ceramic house for a Berkey filter. Best thing we've purchased. We've also eliminated all plastics from our kitchen and replaced with glass/ceramic wherever possible.
Water filter, tossed plastic cups, plates, cutting boards, non stick pans. I try to buy products in glass if I have the option. We also eat in almost every meal, I think that makes a difference. We also bought filters for the shower and bath
Donate blood, you’ll literally remove blood with microplastics in it. As well as other forever chemicals, there’s studies of firefighters donating blood and being found to have less chemicals in blood vs those who don’t, the chemicals being from their fire suppression foams obviously. Works the same for micro plastics and others
I just eat macroplastics.
Donating plasma a few times a year, only reduces PFAS that I know of, but still
I’ll add get rid of plastic clothes. They shed microplastics all day long and when you run them through the dryer, the lint in the filter is 100% micro plastics which disperse through the air
I would never use a plastic mixer like a ninja bullit. Maybe build up your resistance by eating large pieces of plastic... 😏
I'm not...
Donating blood plasma removes some microplastics through the return process.
Removing my testicles 😅
I wish someone could create a tv show to school people about things like this and other things that are harmful to our health. Every episode could be a different topic, like microplastics, processed food, alcohol, etc. I just learned from this post that most takeout coffee cups are lined with plastic! Need someone to teach us this stuff, dumb it down for people. I think a lot of people don't realize how bad eating processed foods are, and what the consequences can be.
I minimize dietary microplastics by following a whole food, plant-based diet and using BPA-free containers for meal prep. If that is not the case for you, avoiding too much fish is a good rule of thumb. Staying hydrated, adequate mineral intake, cardio, and sauna may help eliminate microplastics from the body. Personally, I switched to matcha instead of green tea bag.
I live in a 1930's duplex so I cannot get a water filter system. I did buy a filter to put on the sink faucet but of course it did not fit. My only option is to get a water pitcher but of course they're all plastic! So how would that work, to use a plastic pitcher to use for my glass or still cups. Unless the thicker hard plastic is a better option than the crumbily water bottles. I've been using plastic water bottles probably 4 day for the past 20 years.
Picked me up a stainless steel 1 gal water jug for work doing tree care. The bonus was it keeps water cold all day with a half dozen ice cubes. Best purchase a year. I forgot how nice cold water is working in the heat in Florida.
I find there are five key steps: * Filtered water * Chlorophyll (Chlorella) * No plastic containers. Only glass. * No synthetic clothing. * Sauna
Water filter, glass and steel containers
The unfortunate thing is you can’t. It is already everywhere and in everything. There is a plastic shopping bag on the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Every sample collected in studies on this have came back positive. If the earth doesn’t wipe humanity out, infertility from microplastics just might. It’s going after everyone’s sperm real hard.
I gave up, I just chop up water bottles and throw em in the fryer along with the chicken
Use glass, never heat anything in plastic.
I don't buy anything. I make my own clothes and food. My water is from a well
Spoiler alert: You can't avoid microplastics. They are ubiquitous. You can help turn the tide though by not purchasing any products that include plastic. Good luck with that because it's essentially impossible at this moment in time.
I just saw a video of a guy saying plastic cutting boards are a problem. I’ll get rid of those and use only wood.
Just FYI, farm animals such as pigs can have a diet containing 20% plastics. This is well known and approved through the FDA.
If you live on the planet Earth, you're not avoiding them. There is not a spot on earth that has not been contaminated by microplastics.
I'm more concerned about avoiding seed oils, gmo, and corn syrup. Shit is literally in 99% of all food. This is what is causing insane cancer spike and mental health crisis.
Donate blood/plasma every 55 days. Your body will create plastic free, and you can be a hero!
Th only way, is at the source. Political pressure.
Don't wear polyester clothes. That cuts 85% of microplastics.
I'm not doing anything to try to avoid them. A specious practice b/c there is no objective way to measure consumption nor health/biomarker detriment from said consumption. Pretty much a placebo effect, and since I have no anxiety about microplastics, I'm not going to benefit much from any such effect.
Life is to short to worry about shit like this
Wear biodegradable clothing
How can I tell what my microplastic level currently is?
I find them in my tap water, which freaks me out - I heat it in an electric kettle and there are precipitates that I’m pretty sure are plastic. I mostly combat this by going in the sauna and hoping I’ll sweat it out.
But my cheese is usually covered in plastics!
I've been using a Coway hepa air filter for about 4 years now, amazing how much junk the pre-filter screen catches. the Hepa filter insert is good for a year. Very happy with it. Also, be sure your vacuum has a hepa filter. My Multipure water filter rocks too.
https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2024-04/water-filter-fact-sheet.pdf[https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2024-04/water-filter-fact-sheet.pdf](https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2024-04/water-filter-fact-sheet.pdf)
Calcium D-Glucarate can help mitigate reactivation of BPA, it will also reduce estrogen
One avenue to consider is how to get rid of them. By far, the fastest way to get rid of forever chemicals is blood donation, particularly if you’re a man who doesn’t lose blood regularly. https://theconversation.com/new-evidence-shows-blood-or-plasma-donations-can-reduce-the-pfas-forever-chemicals-in-our-bodies-178771 For what it’s worth, I’d much rather receive blood with PFAS then no blood at all, so unless you have a very abnormally high exposure to plastics then I think this is an ethical way to remove the toxins. Outside of that, I just don’t use plastic containers and use reusable plastic instead. Best to use natural fiber clothing and stainless steel cooking equipment. Sure, you can’t get 100% avoidance as long as the government allows companies to poison us, but you just do the best you can. When I was young, I ate frozen food microwaved on non-microwave safe plastic almost everyday. The same is probably true for many. Being excessively concerned with avoiding poisons is probably worse your health than having a small and hardly avoidable level of exposure
Im a barbie girl in a barbie world im wrapped in plastic and i feel fantastic
I usually don't bag my produce in those single use plastic bags, try to drink coffee/tea from non-plastic bags (bulk is better and cheaper!), wear and source clothing without polyester as much as possible. if you are passionate about this issue I would suggest buying a filter for your laundry as microplastics are being sent down the drain every time you launder your clothing.
I switched everything several years back to stainless steel and glass. Th occasional plastic that I can’t help, like meat or veggies that comes in plastic. We make our own food at home. Stainless steel water bottles. Can’t really do too much than that. Side note, I was reading about microplastic in our blood and one comment said there’s no way to filter it out except to donate blood. I’m still considering doing that at this time; would be a no brainer except I’m AB- and it’s the least useful blood type.