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Comment by dijit

Realistically, the best thing you can do to reduce your microplastics intake seems to be to avoid microwaving in plastic bowls and to avoid using plastic bottles for soft drinks and water. (Though cans actually use a thin film of plastic inside too.. so, maybe just avoid packaged water?)

Beyond your personal intake though there's bigger fish.

Car tyres are the #1 source for microplastics entering rivers, and it's not even close (they're thought to be the source of up to 85% of all environmental microplastics).

Those particulates don't just vanish, they end up in the soil and the waterways and it ends up inside you, no matter what you do.

parent dijit 6 months ago

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