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I don't want to willingly keep eating micro plastics.
Good idea, macro plastics are where it's at. Chow down on that Tupperware.
I'm sorry but I'm not laughing about this. Microplastics are virtually everywhere and it's incredibly worrying.
https://hsc.unm.edu/news/2024/02/hsc-newsroom-post-microplastics.html
Unfortunately there is virtually nothing you can do about it or any of us. I've replaced just about everything in my kitchen with stainless steel. From plates to cups to bowls cookware measuring cups Etc you name it I've got it in the stainless steel.
I've got a 10-stage water filter faucet at the sink that I use for cooking and drinking but at the end of the day the only thing I've done is perhaps mildly reduced my exposure. It's in every last bit of food I prepare whether I cook everything myself or not There Is No Escape
Lots of gum (in the UK anyway) doesn't contain plastic now.
Huh, TIL they're poly vinyl acetate plastic in chewing gum.