Category: microplastics
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Drinking water: to filter or not to filter
Chemical contaminants in drinking water Water = H2O molecules, essential for life and our health. It cycles between the ocean, air, land, rivers, and groundwater. But it rarely arrives to our tap as simply H2O, instead acting as a carrier for minerals, which we need, and contaminants, which we do not. Along its journey, water…
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A plateful of plastic? Sources of plastic in our diet – Part 3 of 3
In Parts 1 and 2 (links below), I discussed the plastic-based chemicals and microplastics we’re exposed to and sources to our food and beverages. In this third post, I’ll discuss the following: (a) intervention studies that show measurable reductions in plastic-associated chemicals in participants; (b) what you can do to lower your exposure; and (c) resources where you…