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How avoid microplasics? (infosec.pub)

submitted 3 months ago by aviation_hydrated@infosec.pub to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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?

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[–] HatchetHaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

you don't. you can try to mitigate it by using less plastic yourself, buying local foods, whatever, but it won't make much of an impact.

the less bad news is that plastic, by its own properties, is chemically relatively inert, so they're really not that harmful. they're still bad, mind you, just not all that hyped up to be.

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 5 points 3 months ago

PFAS are extremely inert, yet they wreak all kinds of havoc in the bodies of humans and animals.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per-_and_polyfluoroalkyl_substances

Scientists thought, as you say, that them being chemically inert means they wont be dangerous to living creatures. Sadly they were proven wrong on that.