I am busy and don’t have time to research all of the ways corporations have poisoned us.
What are some good rules on how to avoid microplastics?
Eat local foods? Avoid processed foods? Walk/bike? Use dry soaps? Don’t use any take away containers? Avoid walking near busy roads? Use cotton/wool for all clothing?
Use only textiles made of cotton, wool or linen (I recommend linen in summer and wool in winter, since cotton isn’t very good at conserving your body heat), look for a bamboo toothbrush, avoid foods in plastic packaging (this can sadly be difficult) and only put them in ceramic, metal or glass containers.
I assume your goal is to minimise the amount of microplastics inside your body, so the materials that touch your food are a priority. The amount of microplastics in your food or drink also depends on how long they are in contact with plastic. For example, if you have juice in a plastic bottle, drinking it right away or putting it in a plasticless container would probably result in less microplastics than storing it in the said bottle.
If you are more concerned about nature, try shopping at second-hand stores.
Do you have a source for this? Can hardly imagine putting leftovers in a tupperware style container will get microplastics in the food. Unless your scraping it like a wildman with utensils.
The heat releases BPA from the plastic which will leech into the food
https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2024/02/427161/how-to-limit-microplastics-dangers
Thats a nice article thanks. But it does not answer my question.
Sure heating stuff in plastic doesn’t sounds good but storing in plastic… I can hardly imagine the plastic to just dissolve into to the food. Especially if the food is solid.
Still interested if somebody has a solid source for this.