Microplastics Linked to Heart Attack, Stroke and Death

[White City Black]

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Im cooked been drinking bottled water for over a decade

That’s majority of us breh. A lot of us run to bottled water to get away from tap and for convenience.

Aside from attempting to switch to glass bottled water, more of us may benefit from water filters, not only for our home sinks (and showers if applicable), but they even got filters for reusable water bottles now

I lost a good friend this past week to a stroke. He was 43 years old, never obese but he did smoke and drink. When you combine environmental factors with the physical toll of vices, I think we will continue to see younger and younger people being affected by untimely deaths.

Yea and that’s the wild thing. Most folks wouldn’t realistically have environmental factors in mind like that. There’s some efforts out there to inform folks, but not on as major of a scale as there should be

 

[jdubnyce]

I wouldn’t eat any fukking fish anymore if I were yall. Maybe that farm raised but I think they just beef em up with

Expound

 

[Jasonmask]

Expound

I’m in a good mood today so I will. The pollution the world produces is so massive there’s literally islands of trash in the ocean. That trash and plastic is getting into fish diet and when they get gutted and cut that plastic is still in their system. Some more than others. Ocean plastic pollution is filtering up into fish we eat.

There’s an article in case you or anyone else thinks I’m just talking put my ass.

 

[The Guru]

And we got these dummies balking against laws that limit pollution because their white supremacist billionaire daddies tell them to.

 

[Gloxina]

BUMP

 

[Jaguar93]

Plastic is everywhere scary

 

[shopthatwrecks]

Should we stop using Tide pods?

laundry detergent sheets

 

[shutterguy]

Microplastics: Where They Are and How to Avoid Them

Microplastics were found in 100% of human testicles that were examined in a recent study. Add that to the list of places that scientists have discovered the tiny plastic particles, including rainwater, breast milk, placentas, meconium, lungs, and animal proteins. What are microplastics? The...

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The first thing we should do is avoid single-use plastics, especially food and beverage packaging and to-go containers that shed microplastics into what we eat and drink. It has been shown that bottled water has higher levels of microplastics than tap water.


Avoid highly-processed foods. Studies have found more microplastics in processed meats (like chicken nuggets) versus minimally processed options (like whole chicken breast).


Swap plastic cutting boards for wooden or other non-plastic options.


Switch out your plastic storage containers for glass or other non-plastic alternatives. Heat tends to release more microplastics than cold, so in particular, be aware of placing hot foods and beverages in plastic or warming plastic containers or dishes in the microwave.


If you’re a tea drinker, try loose-leaf teas.
Vacuum your living space more often. This will suck up the microplastics that could be inhaled.


To reduce microplastic shedding from your clothes, wash them less frequently and run full loads. When possible, line-dry your clothes.

Been seeing this a lot!

 

[BurstWicks]

That’s majority of us breh. A lot of us run to bottled water to get away from tap and for convenience.

Aside from attempting to switch to glass bottled water, more of us may benefit from water filters, not only for our home sinks (and showers if applicable), but they even got filters for reusable water bottles now



Yea and that’s the wild thing. Most folks wouldn’t realistically have environmental factors in mind like that. There’s some efforts out there to inform folks, but not on as major of a scale as there should be

I see alot of companies are making their water bottles BPA free now, that should make the bottles safe right?